THE  SOUTHERN  ASSEMBLY,  LAKE  JUNALUSKA. 


What  Is  the  Southern  Assembly? 

|S5HE  Southern  Assembly  is  an  organized  movement  on  the 
Plfspjll  Pai"t  °f  a  number  of  the  laity  and  ministry  of  the  Meth- 
odist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  to  establish  at  the  most 
«ffK^£a|  suitable  place  a  great  permanent  Assembly  which  will 
meet  the  growing  need  of  the  Church  for  Conference, 
Training,  Inspiration,  Rest,  and  Recreation.  This  need  has  expressed 
itself  in  various  sections  of  the  Church  in  the  assemblies  and  con- 
ferences which  are  held  during  the  summer  season  in  the  interest 
of  Sunday  school,  educational,  Epworth  League,  and  missionary 
work. 

These  local  district  and  Conference  gatherings  have  greatly  em- 
phasized the  desirability  of  a  Church-wide  Assembly  Grounds,  where 
leaders  from  every  section  and  every  Conference  can  meet  and  con- 
fer concerning  all  the  great  interests  of  the  Church;  where  men 
and  women  can  give  and  receive  not  only  inspiration  and  stimulus 
to  do  the  best  work  for  the  Master,  but  practical  suggestions  also 
showing  how  results  have  been  obtained  and  can  be  obtained.  And 
in  addition  to  this  idea  of  active  conference,  there  is  the  very  at- 
tractive idea  of  the  communion  of  saints,  of  Christian  fellowship 
and  help  association,  of  summer  homes  located  in  a  beautiful,  health- 
ful spot,  occupied  by  choice  spirits  from  every  section  of  our  great 
Southern  Church,  of  ideal  surroundings  for  the  training  of  children 
— in  short,  of  life  in  a  community  where  the  atmosphere  and  the 
associations  will  be  helpful  and  uplifting. 


The  Specific  Feature. 

The  general  idea  is  not  new.  Ocean  Grove,  N.  J.,  Chautauqua 
Lake,  N.  Y.,  Northfield,  Mass.,  and  Winona  Lake,  Ind.,  are  notable 
examples  of  great  assemblies  with  somewhat  differing  features. 
The  Southern  Assembly  hopes  to  combine  all  the  best  features  of 
these  great  assemblies,  and  to  have  a  distinctive  feature  not  found 
in  these.  It  is  planned  to  make  the  Southern  Assembly  the  great 
recognized  summer  rallying  place  of  all  the  official  arms  of  service 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South.  It  is  a  part  of  the  plan 
of  organization  that  the  various'  corinectional  officers  of  the  Church 
shall  be  in  charge  of  the  work  of  their  several  departments,  so  that 
they  may  have  the  largest  possible  opportunity  to  consult'  concerning 
their  plans  with  a  great  body  of  representative  men  and  women 
gathered  together  on  the  Assembly  Grounds.  This  gives  a  breadth 
to  the  work  of  the  Southern  Assembly  and  a  representative  and 
official  relation  to  a  great  Church  which  are  not  found  in  any  other 
of  the  great  assemblies  of  our  country. 

First  Steps. 

The  great  Conference  of  the  laymen  at  Chattanooga  in  1908  con- 
sidered very  carefully  the  question  of  establishing  a  Summer  As- 
sembly such  as  would  meet  the  growing  need  of  the  Church  for  a 
permanent  and  well-equipped  place  for  summer  work.  The  con- 
clusion reached  was  that  the  need  was  imperative,  and  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Movement  was  empowered  in  the  name  of  the 
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great  body  of  laymen  there  gathered  at  the  Conference  to  establish 
such  an  Assembly.  The  Executive  Committee  appointed  a  special 
committee  to  look  thoroughly  into  the  matter  of  location  and  to 
make  report.  This  committee  visited  various  places,  and,  after  hav- 
ing taken  into  consideration  all  such  questions  as  healthfulness, 
beauty,  comfort,  accessibility,  water,  water  power,  etc.,  reported  in 
favor  of  a  location  in  the  Richland  Valley,  about  two  miles  from 
Waynesville,  N.  C,  and  about  twenty-five  miles  from  Asheville,  on 
the  Murphy  Branch  of  the  Southern  Railway.  With  this  report 
before  it  as  a  basis  for  action,  the  Executive  Committee  then  took 
up  the  whole  matter  of  location  and  made  for  itself  prolonged  and 
careful  examination  into  all  the  various  questions  of  importance 
which  enter  into  the  location  of  such  an  Assembly,  and  finally  con- 
firmed with  gratifying  unanimity  the  choice  made  by  their  special 
committee  of  the  site  at  Lake  Junaluska,  N.  C. 

Why  Lake  Junaluska? 


SCBNEBY. 


It  is  in  the  very  center  of  the  most  beautiful  and 


fertile  section  of  the  mountains,  lying  on  the  apex 
of  the  Blue  Ridge  Range.  It  is  situated  in  the  picturesque  Richland 
Valley,  2,800  feet  above  sea  level.  The  crowding  ranges  and  tower- 
ing peaks  of  the  forest-clad  Balsams  rise  up  on  every  side.  Within 
a  radius  of  ten  miles  are  seen  many  different  peaks  more  than 
6,000  feet  high,  while  numerous  lesser  eminences  give  a  pleasing 
contrast  and  add  to  the  beauty  of  the  view. 

Including  the  mountains  of  the  Balsam,  Black,  and  Great  Smoky 
Ranges,  there  are  over  forty  peaks  within  a  radius  of  fifty  miles  of 
the  Assembly  Grounds  which  are  over  6,000  feet  high,  twenty  of 
which  are  over  6,300  feet.  There  are  at  least  eighty  peaks  over  5,000 
feet  high.  In  no  other  section  of  our  country  are  there  so  many 
beautiful  mountains  of  such  height. 

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CLIMATE. 


FOOD 
SUPPLIES. 


The  plateau  is  an  elevated  table-land  of  6,000  square 
miles.  The  climate  is  recognized  by  physicians  to  be 
as  fine  as  any  in  the  world.  The  air  is  dry,  crisp,  and  bracing,  with 
all  the  mildness  which  characterizes  the  Southern  mountains.  The 
days  are  bright  and  balmy;  the  nights  are  always  cool.  There  is 
an  entire  absence  of  dampness  in  the  atmosphere. 

The  mean  temperature  of  spring  is  53  to  49  degrees;  that  of 
summer  is  70  to  72  degrees;  autumn,  53  to  48  degrees;  winter,  38 
to  37  degrees;  mean  relative  humidity  only  65  per  cent. 

The  U.  S.  Weather  Bureau  report  for  the  summer  of  1911  shows  52 
perfectly  clear  days  for  Waynesville  as  against  21  perfectly  clear  days 
for  Asheville,  only  25  miles  distant,  due  to  the  higher  altitude  of 
Waynesville. 

The  country  in  which  the  Assembly  Grounds  are  lo- 
cated is  one  of  the  finest  farming  sections  in  the 
South,  and  the  soil  produces  abundant  supplies  of 
vegetables,  fruit,  hay,  and  staples  generally,  so  that  there  is  no 
lack  of  food  for  the  thousands  of  visitors  who  come  to  this  section 
every  summer. 

The  Lake. 

The  special  location  selected  for  the  Assembly  Grounds  presents 
a  rare  combination  of  beauties  and  conveniences.  The  property 
contains  about  1,300  acres,  through  which  runs  the  lovely  Richland 
Creek.  A  dam  has  been  built  across  the  creek  at  the  lower  end 
of  the  property,  which  forms  a  beautiful  lake  of  250  acres.  A 
driveway  of  six  miles  encompasses  the  lake,  connecting  one  part 
of  the  grounds  with  the  other,  giving  beautiful  cottage  sites  on 
the  driveway  and  directly  fronting  the  lake.  The  lake  will  be 
stocked  by  the  U.  S.  government  with  mountain  and  rainbow  trout, 
black  bass,  etc.,  and  sailing,  rowing,  fishing,  and  bathing  will  add 
greatly  to  the  pleasure  of  those  living  on  the  Assembly  Grounds. 

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In  addition  to  the  lakeshore  drive,  there  are  many  miles  more  of 
well-graded  roads  within  the  Assembly  Grounds,  from  various  points 
of  which  the  most  beautiful  views  appear.  Within  the  boundary 
itself  there  are  elevations  of  from  500  to  1,000  feet  above  the  lake 
level,  so  that  one  can  get  plenty  of  exercise  in  mountain-climbing 
without  going  outside  of  the  grounds,  and  be  amply  repaid  for  the 
climb  by  the  extended  vision. 


JUNALUSKA 
INN. 


The  plans  for  a  commodious  and  thoroughly  com- 
fortable hotel  have  been  adopted,  the  work  of  con- 
struction has  been  begun,  and  the  plans  call  for  its 
completion  by  June  1,  1914.  The  picture  of  the  Inn  on  the  front 
page  gives  some  idea  of  the  appearance  of  the  building,  but  no  one 
can  get  any  idea  of  the  beauty  of  its  location  without  standing  on 
the  hill  and  looking  for  himself.  It  is  on  a  high  bluff  near  the 
dam,  2,700  feet  above  the  sea  level  and  150  feet  above  the  level  of 
the  lake.  From  the  hotel  porches  one  will  see  at  his  feet  the  beauti- 
ful lake,  skirted  by  the  shore  line  drive,  with  its  cottages  and  parks; 
and  then  as  he  raises  his  eyes  he  will  see  about  him  on  all  sides 
the  beautiful  mountains,  which  for  variety  and  beauty  of  outline 
cannot  be  surpassed  in  the  world.  No  hotel  in  the  mountain  coun- 
try has  a  more  picturesque  location  than  Junaluska  Inn. 

Other  hotels  and  boarding  houses  will  be  built  on  the  grounds, 
and  there  are  many  very  good  ones  in  the  town  of  Waynesville, 
close  at  hand. 

AUDITORIUM      ^  large  auditorium  has  been  built  with  a  capac- 
ity of  4,500  persons.    The  picture  of  the  building 
in  this  folder  represents  it  empty  and  filled. 

The  Public  Service  Building, 

At  a  central  point  on  the  grounds  has  been  located  the  Public 
Service  Building.    This  building  Js  in  the  shape  of  a  crescent  and 


is  about  300x30  feet.  It  will  be  devoted  to  general  utility  pur- 
poses and  will  contain  restaurant,  bookstore,  post  office,  telegraph 
and  telephone  offices,  general  stores,  barber  shop,  baths,  etc.  The 
building  is  very  attractive  in  appearance  and  is  an  ornament  to 
the  Assembly  Grounds. 


MODEL  SUNDAY 
SCHOOL  HOUSE. 


The  ground  has  been  donated  to  the  Sunday 
School  Board  for  the  erection  of  a  Model  Sun- 
day School  House,  which  has  been  projected 
by  the  Board  at  a  cost  of  $30,000.  In  the  building  it  is  planned  to 
give  normal  courses  in  Sunday  school  work  during  the  summer 
months.  Suitable  sites  will  be  reserved  for  buildings  for  other  de- 
partments of  Church  work,  and  it  is  expected  that  in  time  all  the 
great  boards  of  the  Church  will  have  summer  offices  on  the  Assem- 
bly Grounds. 


SUMMER 
HOMES. 


As  has  been  indicated,  the  founders  of  the  Assembly 
have  in  view  not  only  the  holding  of  great  Conferences, 
but  the  development  of  a  large  community  of  summer 
homes.  With  this  clearly  defined  purpose,  1,300  acres  have  been 
purchased,  and  this  property  will  be  utilized  as  follows:  Lake,  250 
acres;  drives,  parks,  and  reservations  for  public  buildings,  250 
acres;  building  lots,  800  acres.  About  1,000  lots  of  varying  sizes 
have  been  platted.  Accurate  maps  of  this  section  can  be  obtained 
by  application  to  the  Real  Estate  Department,  Southern  Assembly, 
Waynesville,  N.  C. 

Prices  of  Lots. 

Lots  are  divided  into  Classes  AA,  A,  B,  C,  D,  and  are  sold  by  the 
front  foot  as  follows: 

Class  AA  at  $16.67  per  front  foot. 
Class  A  at  $15.00  per  front  foot. 
Class  B  at  $12.50  per  front  foot. 


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Class  C  at  $10.00  per  front  foot. 
Class  D  at  $8.34  per  front  foot. 

The  unit  system  has  been  adopted,  the  unit  containing  a  frontage 
of  twenty  feet.  No  lot  is  sold  in  Classes  AA  and  A  of  less  than 
three  units,  or  a  frontage  of  sixty  feet;  and  no  lot  is  sold  in 
Classes  B,  C,  and  D  of  less  than  two  units,  or  forty  feet  of  front- 
age. This  is  a  protection  to  purchasers,  and  will  prevent  undue 
crowding  in  any  section. 

After  careful  consideration  of  the  methods  adopted 

TERMS  OF 

by  other  assemblies,  the  Southern  Assembly  has  de- 
cided  to  sell  rather  than  lease  the  lots.  But  suitable 
conditions  and  restrictions  have  been  placed  in  the  deed  to  protect 
the  Assembly  from  any  persons  who  might  desire  to  use  the  prop- 
erty in  any  manner  hurtful  to  the  objects  held  in  view  in  the  estab- 
lishment of  the  Assembly.  These  conditions  and  restrictions  will 
not  hamper  any  one  in  any  proper  uses  of  the  lot,  but  will  be  a  se- 
curity to  all  purchasers  that  the  lots  cannot  be  used  for  purposes 
which  are  inconsistent  with  the  aims  of  the  Assembly.  Any  per- 
son who  is  not  willing  to  purchase  a  lot  with  the  restrictions  con- 
tained in  the  deed  would  not  be  a  desirable  owner  of  property  on 
the  Assembly  Grounds. 

The  terms  of  sale  are  made  to  accommodate  all  classes  of  pur- 
chasers. A  discount  of  five  per  cent  is  given  for  cash.  When  cash 
is  not  paid,  the  regular  terms  are  one-fourth  cash,  the  balance  in 
six,  twelve,  eighteen,  and  twenty-four  months,  with  interest  at  six 
per  cent  per  annum  on  the  deferred  payments.  Special  terms  may 
be  made  if  sufficient  reasons  are  given  therefor. 

BOARDING  HOUSES,    The  °PeninS  of  the  Assembly  will  present 
_______  the  chance  to  make  a  good  living  by  taking 

LODGHivS, 

lodgers    or    boarders    at    the  Assembly 
Grounds.    Thousands  of  visitors  already  come  to  this  neighborhood 

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every  summer;  and  with  the  added  attractions  which  will  be  of- 
fered by  the  athletic  grounds — golf  links,  boating,  fishing,  bathing, 
concerts,  lectures,  conferences,  and  schools  of  the  Assembly  pro- 
gram— there  will  be  no  better  place  in  the  country  for  boarding 
houses  and  hotels.  Many  persons  will  build  cottages  and  take 
meals  at  the  hotels  and  restaurants  in  order  to  get  a  rest  from  the 
cares  of  housekeeping.  The  management  will  be  glad  to  correspond 
with  persons  desiring  to  open  lodging  and  boarding  houses. 

In  order  to  insure  growth  and  permanence, 
ADMINISTRATION.        .     .  ,  •  T     .  .  . 

a  charter  was  secured  from  the  Legislature 

of  North  Carolina,  which  charter  vests  the  administration  of  the 
Assembly  in  the  hands  of  a  Board  of  Commissioners  composed  of 
nine  members,  elected  by  the  stockholders  at  the  annual  meeting, 
the  organization  of  which  Board  is  as  follows:  President,  Bishop 
James  Atkins;  Vice  President,  John  R.  Pepper;  Secretary,  S.  C. 
Satterthwait;  Treasurer,  B.  J.  Sloan;  General  Superintendent,  Dr. 
James  Cannon;  Superintendent  of  Program,  Dr.  George  R.  Stuart. 
These,  with  Gen.  Julian  S.  Carr,  Durham,  N.  C,  Mr.  R.  S.  Munger, 
Birmingham,  Ala.,  and  Mr.  T.  S.  Southgate,  Norfolk,  Va.,  compose 
the  Board  of  Commissioners. 

In  order  that  the  work  might  be  established  upon  a  sound  busi- 
ness basis,  with  ample  funds  to  develop  such  an  Assembly  as  would 
be  adequate  for  the  needs  of  our  great  Church,  a  charter  was  se- 
cured from  the  Legislature  of  North  Carolina  which  provided  for 
a  capital  stock  of  $250,000.  It  was  found,  however,  that  this  would 
not  be  sufficient  to  do  the  work  which  the  Commissioners  thought 
to  be  necessary,  and  so  the  charter  was  amended  giving  a  maximum 
capital  of  $500,000.  The  shares  of  stock  are  $100  each,  and  over 
four  hundred  of  our  preachers  and  laymen  have  subscribed  for  stock 
in  amounts  from  $100  to  $10,000.    It  is  greatly  desired  to  increase 


ROADS. 


the  number  of  stockholders  to  at  least  one  thousand.  The  form  of 
stock  subscription  is  printed  in  full  on  page  32. 

Sports  and  Games. 

The  lake  will  furnish  an  opportunity  for  bathing,  swimming, 
fishing,  and  for  various  kinds  of  boating  and  aquatic  sports;  while 
grounds  and  buildings  will  be  constructed  for  athletic  sports,  such 
as  golf,  baseball,  tennis,  bowling,  croquet,  etc.  It  will  be  the  pol- 
icy of  the  management  to  provide  certain  recreation  periods  dur- 
ing the  day's  schedule;  and  special  afternoons  will  be  set  apart  for 
sports,  at  which  time  nothing  else  will  be  provided  on  the  program — 
these  in  addition  to  the  fact  that  all  these  recreations  can  be  en- 
gaged in  at  any  and  all  times  except  on  the  holy  Sabbath. 

There  are  about  seventy-five  miles  of  good  roads  which 
connect  the  Waynesville  community  with  the  towns,  vil- 
lages, and  assemblies  of  the  Land  of  the  Sky.  Already  within  a 
radius  of  forty  miles  several  assembly  grounds  have  been  located — 
namely,  the  Blue  Ridge  Association  (the  home  of  training  confer- 
ences for  Y.  M.  C.  A.'  and  Y.  W.  C.  A.  workers)  at  Robert  E.  Lee 
Hall,  the  Bluemont  Assembly  Grounds  of  the  Southern  Baptists,  and 
the  Montreat  Assembly  Grounds  of  the  Southern  Presbyterians.  It  is 
recognized  by  all  who  have  carefully  considered  the  facts  that  this  sec- 
tion is  already  the  greatest  summer  rendezvous  of  the  South.  Thou- 
sands of  visitors  crowd  into  the  hotels  and  boarding  houses  which 
are  now  open  to  them,  and  thousands  more  will  come  when  ac- 
commodations are  provided.  The  Southern  Assembly  Grounds  will 
be  within  easy  reach  of  the  neighboring  places  of  interest  by 
train  or  automobile.  Should  one  desire  to  spend  a  day  or  so  in 
the  midst  of  the  wildest  mountain  scenery,  the  Murphy  Branch  of 
the  Southern  Railway,  on  which  the  Assembly  Grounds  are  located, 
penetrates  into  the  very  heart  of  the  Nantahalas,  far  famed  for  the 
magnificent  grandeur  of  their  scenery. 


ACCESSIBILITY. 


The  Committee  of  the  Laymen's  Movement  had 


to  consider  the  entire  Church  in  making  its 
selection.  A  place  must  be  found  which  would  have  (1)  healthful 
climate,  (2)  beautiful  scenery,  (3)  good  water,  (4)  abundant  sup- 
plies, and  (5)  good  roads.  And  the  place  with  these  advantages 
must  be  accessible  to  the  great  body  of  our  Southern  people.  There 
is  no  place  east  of  the  Mississippi  with  the  necessary  qualifica- 
tions which  is  more  accessible  to  the  great  body  of  our  Southern 
people  than  Lake  Junaluska.  Through  sleepers  run  to  the  neigh- 
boring city  of  Asheville  from  Washington,  Richmond,  Norfolk, 
Lynchburg,  Danville,  Charleston,  Columbia,  Savannah,  Jacksonville, 
Macon,  Atlanta,  Augusta,  Birmingham,  New  Orleans,  Memphis, 
Nashville,  St.  Louis,  Cincinnati,  Louisville,  Knoxville,  Chattanooga, 
and  the  cities  of  North  Carolina,  and  the  trip  from  a  point  as  far 
distant  as  St.  Louis  can  be  made  in  about  twenty-four  hours.  Since 
the  opening  of  the  Assembly  Grounds  the  Southern  Railway  has 
put  on  through  sleepers  from  Memphis,  Chattanooga,  and  from 
Charleston  and  Columbia,  and  chair  cars  from  Eastern  Carolina 
cities. 

Excursion  Rates. 

Round-trip  tickets  are  guaranteed  to  the  Assembly  from  all  parts 
of  the  South. 

Special  Excursions  are  run  every  season  by  the  Southern  Railway 
at  very  low  rates.  For  example:  The  special  excursion  rate  from 
Richmond  was  $8.50;  from  Louisville,  $8.50;  from  St.  Louis,  $12.50, 
etc.,  with  a  time  limit  of  two  weeks. 

The  Formal  Opening. 

The  date  of  the  formal  opening  of  the  Assembly  was  June  26, 
1913.  At  that  time  the  Second  Missionary  Conference  of  the  whole 
Church  was  held  at  the  auditorium  on  the  Assembly  Grounds.  The 


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Conference  continued  over  four  full  days  and  was  attended  by  three 
thousand  people.  Ten  of  the  bishops  and  nearly  all  of  the  connec- 
tional  officers  and  Conference  editors  and  several  of  our  college 
presidents  were  present.  It  was  the  greatest  Conference  ever  held 
by  our  Church.  There  was  a  great  spiritual  baptism  and  over 
$150,000  was  subscribed  for  the  mission  work  of  the  Church  then  and 
there.  The  Southern  Assembly  received  its  baptism  as  an  accredited 
instrument  for  the  advancement  of  the  Master's  kingdom. 

The  Missionary  Conference  was  followed  by  a  Bible  Conference 
under  the  direction  of  Dr.  W.  F.  Tillett,  and  this  by  a  Sunday  School 
and  Epworth  League  Conference  under  the  direction  of  the  Sun- 
day School  and  Epworth  League  Secretaries.  Each  of  these  Con- 
ferences continued  for  ten  days,  and  set  a  high  standard  of  excel- 
lence for  the  future  work  of  the  Assembly. 

Unusual  Attractions  of  Lake  Junaluska. 

Too  much  stress  cannot  be  laid  upon  the  unusual  advantages  pos- 
sessed by  Lake  Junaluska  for  a  summer  residence.  There  is  no 
more  important  problem  of  our  modern  civilization  than  the  sum- 
mer home  problem.  Where  shall  one  go?  What  shall  one  do? 
Where  shall  one  carry  the  children  with  the  greatest  benefit  to  the 
body,  mind,  and  character  and  the  least  damage  to  the  family  life? 
It  is  the  supreme  purpose  of  the  Assembly  to  meet  this  need.  While 
the  usual  program  of  a  literary  and  religious  character  will  be 
found  at  Lake  Junaluska  in  an  unusual  degree,  there  will  be  un- 
usual efforts  made  to  provide  suitable  arrangements  for  permanent 
summer  homes  under  the  most  favorable  conditions  conceivable. 
The  great  extent  of  the  Assembly  Grounds  and  the  use  of  motor  cars 
and  boats  will  open  up  so  wide  an  area  for  settlement  as  to  allow 
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that  almost  every  imaginable  kind  of  taste  can  be  gratified  in  the 
selection  of  a  place  at  which  to  board  or  build  or  tent.  In  other 
assemblies  where  the  only  way  to  reach  public  places,  such  as  au- 
ditorium, assembly  buildings,  stores,  open-air  meetings,  etc.,  is  on 
foot,  there  is  of  necessity  a  grouping  and  crowding  of  residences  and 
boarding  houses  which  makes  it  impossible  to  secure  the  freedom 
and  quiet  of  those  seeking  rest  in  summer;  but  at  Lake  Junaluska 
a  person  may  build  at  any  point  around  the  lake  and  yet  be  within 
a  few  minutes'  ride  of  any  of  the  points  of  public  interest.  The  As- 
sembly will  have  its  own  system  of  telephones,  electric  lights,  water 
supply,  and  sewerage,  and  thus  it  will  be  possible  to  enjoy  at  once 
the  seclusion  of  the  country  with  all  the  conveniences  of  the  city. 

Investigate  Lake  Junaluska  Now. 

No  matter  where  you  may  already  have  located  a  summer  home, 
no  matter  what  you  may  have  planned  to  do  at  another  place,  no 
matter  whether  you  have  made  any  plans  at  all  for  a  summer  home, 
investigate  carefully  the  great  advantages  and  beauties  of  Lake 
Junaluska.  Here  men  can  build  homes  at  medium  cost  and  place 
their  families  for  the  entire  summer  amid  scenes  of  beauty  in  the 
healthiest  of  all  atmospheres,  with  the  purest  water  gushing  from 
the  mountain  hard  by,  and  be  surrounded  by  intellectual  and  moral 
conditions  which  it  is  impossible  to  find  except  at  such  a  place  as  the 
Southern  Assembly. 

Come  to  Lake  Junaluska  and  see  the  beautiful  country,  breathe 
in  the  bracing  air,  and  climb  or  drive  through  the  mountains  for 
some  days.  Look  over  the  Assembly  Grounds  and  pick  out  a  lot  on 
which  to  build  your  cottage,  and  have  it  built  promptly  so  as  to 
be  in  time  for  the  next  season. 

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ON  LAKE  JUNALUSKA,  2,560  FEET  ABOVE  SEA  LEVEL. 


READ  WHAT  THEY  SAY. 


What  the  Bishops  Say. 

"We  congratulate  the  Church  upou  the  successful  beginning  of  the 
work  of  the  Southern  Assembly  at  Lake  Junaluska,  N.  C.  The  great 
Conferences  held  there  the  past  summer  were  so  eminently  spiritual 
as  to  be  an  inspiration  and  an  encouragement  to  the  whole  Church. 
The  beautiful  scenery,  the  delightful  climate,  and  the  central  loca- 
tion make  this  an  ideal  spot  for  the  development  of  a  great  Assem- 
bly Grounds.  We  bid  the  Assembly  Godspeed  in  its  efforts  to  ad- 
vance the  interests  of  the  kingdom  of  God."  The  foregoing  resolu- 
tion was  adopted  by  the  College  of  Bishops  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  South,  at  a  meeting  held  in  St.  Louis,  October  30,  1913. 

Collins  Denny,  Secretary. 

I  was  very  agreeably  disappointed  when  I  visited  the  Southern 
Assembly.  It  was  much  beyond  my  expectation.  Despite  the  un- 
finished state  of  the  grounds,  the  natural  beauty  of  the  scenery  was 
very  attractive;  and  when  the  plans  are  carried  to  completion  I 
doubt  if  anything  finer  or  more  attractive  can  be  found  within  reach. 
It  is  health-giving  and  inspiring.  The  work  went  through  with 
great  satisfaction.  I  have  not  in  many  years  found  myself  in  the 
midst  of  a  great  assembly  more  devout  and  evidently  bent  upon 
securing  God's  best  blessing  upon  their  meeting.  On  the  whole,  I 
can  hardly  imagine  a  place  better  suited  for  the  great  assemblies 
of  our  Church.  When  completed  the  grounds  of  this  summer  resort 
will  satisfy  the  requirements  of  all  who  seek  physical  recuperation, 
mental  stimulus,  and,  if  the  promise  of  the  first  year  is  fulfilled, 
spiritual  refreshment  and  renewal.  A.  W.  Wilson. 

1601  Park  Place,  Baltimore,  Md. 

The  physical  attractions  at  Lake  Junaluska  are  the  mountains, 
not  bold  but  beautiful,  with  a  sufficient  elevation  to  moderate  the 
heart  of  midsummer,  the  large  and  beautiful  lake  which  mirrors 
the  mountains  and  so  increases  the  beauty  of  the  landscape,  and 
the  exhilarating  atmosphere  so  far  above  sea  level.    This  makes  a 

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splendid  setting  for  the  real  Junaluska,  which  is  a  Christian  assem- 
bly for  religious  gatherings  of  a  high  order  with  all  things  sacred 
properly  safeguarded.  The  best  places  of  like  character  fall  below 
Junaluska  in  healthfulness,  while  the  religious  leaders  accustomed 
to  such  assemblies  are  loud  in  their  praises  of  the  place  and  its 
lofty  standards.  God  has  graciously  recognized  Junaluska  by  the 
presence  and  inspiration  of  his  Holy  Spirit  from  the  very  begin- 
ning of  the  notable  services  held  there  and  in  their  wide-reaching 
and  historic  results  in  the  strengthening  and  upbuilding  of  his 
kingdom.  We  gather  there  to  plan  great  things  for  God  and  to 
expect  great  things  from  God.  Eugene  R.  Hendrix. 

3242  Norledge  Place,  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Progress  is  only  man  connecting  his  thought  with  the  thought 
of  God.  The  classic  mound,  the  restless  river,  and  the  pulsing 
sea  are  God's  thoughts.  The  mansion  on  the  mound,  the  steamer 
on  the  river,  and  the  glittering  city  "on  the  lips  of  the  sea"  are 
man's  thoughts.  Electricity  is  God's  thought  in  subtle  fire  form; 
the  motor,  the  trolley,  and  the  wheel  are  man's  thought  in  ma- 
chinery form.  The  two  combined  are  progress.  The  magnificent 
landscape  for  Lake  Junaluska,  with  hill  and  valley,  forest  and 
lake  basin,  was  the  divine  thought;  while  the  filling  of  the  lake  and 
the  graceful  gondolas  moving,  spiritlike,  on  its  bosom,  with  other 
added  attractions,  will  be  the  thought  and  work  of  men.  We  looked 
almost  in  wonder  over  the  yet  undeveloped  picture.  The  outlines 
are  clear,  the  possibilities  splendid,  in  the  "Land  of  the  Sky,"  "beau- 
tiful for  situation"  and  ultimately  to  be  the  "joy  of  the  whole 
South."  Nowhere  perhaps  in  all  the  South  could  be  found  a  situa- 
tion surpassing  this  for  a  nation-wide  Christian  summer  resort — a 
thing  so  much  needed  in  our  Southland.  Its  lvalue  cannot  be  put  into 
words.  It  will  be  the  resting  place  and  at  the  same  time  the  re- 
cruiting place  for  soul,  body,  and  spirit — a  veritable  power  plant 
for  our  Christianity.  It  will  require  years  to  complete  the  entire 
work;  but  it  will  be  a  growth  enjoyed  by  thousands  of  God's  people, 


and,  when  complete,  will  stand  for  coming  time  to  send  out  its 
health-giving  influence  upon  the  multitudes  who  are  so  fortunate 
as  to  spend  a  summer  season  amid  its  attractions. 
Leesburg,  Fla.  H.  C.  Morrison. 

The  makers  of  the  Southern  Assembly  had  the  great  fortune  to 
find  a  spot  in  the  mountains  of  Carolina  where  nature  has  done 
its  best.  In  the  Richland  Valley  they  have  made  a  lake  from  which 
the  big  mountains  rise  in  every  direction  and  stretch  away  in  a 
silent  grandeur,  forming  a  picture  unexcelled  in  any  land.  There 
is  something  peculiar  about  the  multitude  of  great  scenes  which 
combine  to  make  what  is  called  Junaluska.  One  cannot  fail  to  see 
it,  to  feel  it,  to  be  carried  away  by  it.  He  cannot  tell  what  he  sees; 
he  cannot  explain  what  he  feels;  he  cannot  say  why  he  is  moved. 
And  this  mystery  is  the  glory.  Art  is  always  that  something  which 
runs  away  from  words  and  hides  from  the  eyes  of  the  critic.  This 
is  glorious  Junaluska.  Here  the  landscape  architect  found  his 
chance,  and  he  has  used  it.  The  whole  scheme  of  improvement  is 
a  rare  attainment.  Designed  to  be  the  meeting  place  of  the  best 
order  of  conferences,  the  summer  home  of  the  best  people,  and  the 
association  of  high-minded  men,  women,  and  children,  it  is  destined 
to  become  one  of  the  great  prides  and  influences  in  our  land. 

Durham,  N.  C.  John  C.  Kilgo. 

No  more  beautiful  and  delightful  situation  than  Junaluska  for 
the  purposes  in  view  could  be  found.  A  person  with  appreciation  of 
mountain  scenery  can  there  find  an  answer  to  his  cravings  for  what 
is  grand  in  nature.  Much  work  has  been  done  by  the  managers  to 
make  all  parts  of  the  grounds  accessible.  With  the  cooperation  of 
our  people  we  should  be  able  to  make  the  Assembly  a  great  center 
of  education,  inspiration,  and  legitimate  pleasure  as  well  as  health. 

Collins  Denny. 

Lake  Junaluska  surpassed  my  expectations.  Nature  has  done 
her  part  toward  making  it  one  of  the  most  beautiful  and  attractive 
places  on  earth.  And  man  is  doing  his  part,  on  an  artistic  and 
comprehensive  scale,  toward  making  it  the  center  of  the  social,  re- 
ligious, and  intellectual  life  of  Southern  Methodism.  The  future 
of  the  Southern  Assembly  is  assured.    The  men  who  are  behind  it 

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are  a  guaranty  of  its  success.  It  is  destined  to  become  one  of  the 
most  popular  resorts  in  the  South — not  for  the  ultra-fashionable, 
but  for  men  and  women  who  enjoy  the  highest  intellectual  enter- 
tainment along  with  wholesome  Christian  society. 

BIRMINGHAM,  ALA.  JAMES  H.  MCCOY. 

What  the  Connectional  Officers  Say. 

Ever  since,  as  a  member  of  the  committee  seeking  a  suitable 
location  for  the  Southern  Assembly,  I  first  beheld  the  beauties  round 
about  Junaluska,  I  have  given  my  vote  for  that  spot  above  all  rivals 
for  first  place.  I  have  never  found  any  reason  for  reversing  or 
explaining  that  vote.  After  attending  the  Second  General  Mission- 
ary Conference  there  last  summer  and  witnessing  the  wonderful 
adaptation  of  that  beautiful  location  for  summer  gatherings  and 
the  possibility  of  future  developments,  I  am  more  than  ever  con- 
firmed in  my  first  impression.  The  large  and  intelligent  plans 
which  the  managers  of  the  Southern  Assembly  are  putting  into 
effect  at  Junaluska,  combined  with  the  unparalleled  beauty  and 
sublimity  of  the  scenery  and  the  liveliness  of  the  climate,  are 
destined  to  make  of  it  the  choicest  place  in  my  knowledge  for  the 
purpose  of  great  gatherings.  Its  influence  on  the  Church  of  the 
future  cannot  be  measured.  W.  W.  Pinson, 

Nashville,  tenn.  General  Secretary  Board  of  Missions. 

I  was  at  Lake  Junaluska  for  two  Conferences  last  summer,  and 
heard  many  strong  testimonies  to  the  value  of  that  institution. 
Men  from  every  section  of  our  country,  many  of  them  members  of 
other  Churches,  declared  that  in  the  beauty  of  the  natural  scenery 
and  in  the  splendid  promise  of  its  early  preparation  there  was 
nothing  better,  probably  nothing  like  it,  on  this  continent.  That 
statement  is  hardly  too  strong.  In  that  remarkable  missionary  offer- 
ing there  was  not  only  great  blessing,  but  great  prophecy.  Juna- 
luska is  to  be  the  summer  trysting  place  of  Southern  Methodists, 
and,  in  my  opinion,  nothing  the  Church  has  done  in  our  generation 
promises  quite  so  much  for  the  skilled  leadership  and  larger  progress 
of  the  future.  E.  H.  Rawlings, 

Educational  Secretary  Board  of  Missions,  M.  E.  Church,  South. 

Nashville,  Tenn. 

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Under  present  religious  and  social  conditions,  it  is  all  but  essen- 
tial that  any  Church  desiring  to  keep  within  even  hailing  distance 
of  the  onward-marching  forces  of  Christendom  should  have  some 
place  apart  where  those  who  lead  the  various  departments  of  its 
activities  may  gather  for  prayer  and  counsel,  for  inspiration  and 
information  required  to  fit  them  for  work  that  is  ever  demanding 
increased  efficiency.  Lake  Junaluska,  situated  in  the  heart  of  the 
Blue  Ridge  and  yet  easily  accessible  from  all  parts  of  the  South, 
is  an  ideal  place  for  Southern  Methodists  and  far  surpasses  any 
other  place  I  have  seen  set  apart  for  similar  purposes.  The  need 
of  the  Church,  the  suitability  of  situation,  and  the  wise  manage- 
ment of  the  Assembly  assure  for  Lake  Junaluska  first  rank  among 
the  great  Chautauqua  grounds  of  the  nation.  C.  P.  Reid, 

Secretary  Laymen's  Missionary  Movement. 

Nashville,  Tenn.,  October  21,  1913. 

Junaluska  is  an  ideal  place  for  summer  residence  and  for  all 
kinds  of  summer  gatherings.  The  climate  is  delightful,  the  scenery 
sublime;  and  when  the  improvements  now  under  way  are  com- 
pleted, the  conveniences  will  be  all  that  could  be  desired.  It  is  sure 
to  become  the  great  summer  meeting  place  for  Southern  Methodists. 

Nashville,  Tenn.  E.  B.  Chappell,  Sunday  School  Editor. 

It  was  my  privilege  to  attend  the  great  Missionary  Conference 
held  last  June  at  Lake  Junaluska  and  to  look  over  the  grounds  of 
the  Southern  Assembly.  Our  Church  has  long  needed  a  suitable  and 
central  place  where  the  leaders  and  people  from  the  several  sec- 
tions of  our  Methodism  might  come  together  for  recreation,  coun- 
sel, instruction,  and  inspiration.  It  seems  to  me  that  Junaluska 
meets  all  the  conditions  of  such  a  meeting  place.  The  directors  are 
to  be  congratulated  upon  the  progress  which  they  have  thus  far 
made  in  erecting  the  building  and  improving  the  grounds  of  the 
Assembly.  Their  plans  are  large  and  comprehensive,  and  in  work- 
ing them  out  the  management  needs  and  should  receive  the  co- 
operation and  sympathy  of  the  entire  Church.  The  success  of  the 
first  year,  achieved  under  many  difficulties,  is  but  a  prophecy  of  that 
larger  success  which  is  certain  to  attend  the  institution  from  year 
to  year  as  its  plans  are  matured. 

Stonewall  Anderson,  Secretary  of  Education. 

Nashville,  Tenn.,  October  23,  1913. 

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I  desire  to  express  my  great  interest  in  the  great  undertaking  at 
Lake  Junaluska  and  to  offer  congratulations  upon  the  magnificent 
results  that  are  crowning  the  enterprise  with  success.  The  ideal 
summer  resort  must  have  natural  beauty  plus  the  products  of  the 
art  of  the  scenic  engineer,  material  conditions  that  lighten  the 
drudgery  of  living  while  simplifying  manners,  for  Church  people 
congenial  society  coupled  with  opportunities  for  spiritual  growth 
and  intellectual  culture;  and  to  make  these  conditions  really  ad- 
vantageous there  must  be  a  climate  sufficiently  bracing  to  make 
vigorous  exercise  of  body  and  mind  a  joy  and  to  insure  nightly 
repose  even  during  the  heated  term.  The  mountain  regions  of 
Western  North  Carolina  afford  the  natural  requirements,  and  Lake 
Junaluska  possesses  all  the  others.  It  is  there  that  the  great  gath- 
erings of  Methodists  will  congregate  from  year  to  year  at  the  place 
most  advantageous  in  every  respect.  Fitzgerald  S.  Parker, 
Nashville,  Tenn.  General  Secretary  Epworth  League. 

It  is  hard  to  believe  that  a  single  soul  could  have  visited  Lake 
Junaluska  last  summer  and  not  have  been  favorably  impressed  with 
what  he  saw.  The  location  of  the  Assembly  Grounds  just  as  nearly 
approaches  the  ideal  as  could  be  found.  The  alleged  remoteness 
from  a  main  highway  of  the  railroad  ceases  to  be  an  objection  in 
the  light  of  the  ample,  prompt,  and  courteous  service  rendered 
by  the  Southern  Railway  last  summer.  Then  it  must  not  be  for- 
gotten that  the  lake  will  speedily  be  linked  by  trolley  lines  with 
all  the  places  of  importance  in  a  radius  of  fifty  miles.  In  the  mat- 
ter of  scenery  it  is  difficult  to  imagine  a  spot  more  satisfying.  The 
open  valley  where  Richland  Creek  winds  its  merry  way,  the  wide- 
terraced  slopes,  and  the  mighty  peaks  towering  high  for  visions 
of  far-stretching  landscapes  and  for  inspiration  to  noble  thinking 
and  purity  of  feeling — all  take  their  setting  in  one  of  nature's 
fairest  creations.  The  crystal  lake  mirrors  the  whole,  flashing 
like  a  pearl  in  the  light  of  the  morning  and  the  evening  sun.  One 
even  slightly  acquainted  with  conditions  in  the  South  understands 
the  growing  necessity  for  information,  instruction,  and  conference 
in  regard  to  the  task  and  the  resources  of  the  Church.  At  Lake 
Junaluska  our  great  Church  is  building  an  institution  and  a  sum- 
mer home  for  all  the  people.  Here  will  be  concentrated  the  wis- 
dom, the  strength,  the  power  of  Christian  fellowship  and  the  en- 


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thusiasm  of  Southern  Methodism.  Thither  through  the  years  to 
come  will  travel  faithful  bands  of  zealous  pilgrims. 

J.  Marvin  Culbreth, 
Nashville,  tenn.  Assistant  Secretary  Epworth  League. 

There  is  a  positive  demand  for  the  summer  Assembly  where 
educational,  inspirational,  and  training  work  may  be  carried  on,  to 
the  end  that  Christian  people  may  be  furnished  lever,  fulcrum,  and 
strength  for  the  highest  service.  Geographical  footing  is  necessary 
during  the  time  of  preparation,  as  it  is  for  the  after  service.  As 
the  place  for  such  an  Assembly  nature  has  committed  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church,  South,  to  an  ideal  location — Junaluska,  in  the 
Land  of  the  Sky.  Charles  D.  Bulla, 

Superintendent  of  Wesley  Bible  Class  Department. 

Nashville,  Tenn.,  October  31,  1913. 

My  week's  stay  at  Lake  Junaluska  during  the  session  of  the  South- 
ern Assembly  was  a  most  delightful  one.  The  magnificent  lake  and 
the  mountains  towering  on  all  sides,  the  splendid  walks,  and  the 
bracing  mountain  air— all  served  to  instill  new  life  after  a  hard 
year's  work.  It  is  an  ideal  spot  for  rest  and  inspiration.  The  ad- 
dresses there  were  among  the  most  helpful  I  have  ever  heard  de- 
livered. They  gave  an  insight  into  our  work  at  home  and  abroad 
and  revealed  the  possibilities  of  the  gospel  in  reaching  the  lost  and 
transforming  the  nations.  To  me  the  inspiration  was  so  great  that 
I  came  away  determined  on  better  things  for  myself  and  work  and 
resolved  to  give  my  Lord  a  better  chance  to  live  in  and  through  me. 

A.  E.  Clement, 

Nashville,  Tenn.       Commissioner  Galloway  Memorial  Hospital. 

Just  a  word  about  our  Southern  Assembly.  I  had  the  pleasure 
of  spending  two  weeks  at  Junaluska  this  past  summer;  and  while 
I  can  add  little  to  what  has  been  said  by  others  in  regard  to  the 
beauty  of  the  location  and  the  inspiration  of  the  Assembly  Con- 
ferences, yet  I  wish  to  add  my  word  of  commendation.  Beautiful 
Junaluska!  Yes,  beautiful  now,  but  far  more  beautiful  in  the 
future  when  there  shall  be  an  ever-increasing  host  of  Southern 
Methodists  who  carry  with  them  memories  of  happy  hours  at  Juna- 

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luska  filled  with  worthy  thought  and  delightful  comradeship.  Juna- 
luska, I  believe,  is  destined  to  be  the  Chautauqua  of  the  South.  I 
look  forward  to  other  visits  to  the  Assembly  in  future  years. 

A.  C.  Tippens, 
Assistant  to  Educational  Secretary.  Board  of  Missions. 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

It  was  my  privilege  last  summer  to  attend  one  of  the  great  Con- 
ferences held  at  Lake  Junaluska.  I  had  heard  much  of  the  place, 
but  the  reality  surpassed  every  expectation.  No  words  of  descrip- 
tion are  adequate  to  its  scenic  beauty  and  sublimity.  It  is  without 
doubt  an  ideal  location  for  a  summer  assembly.  These  natural 
advantages,  however,  great  as  they  are,  are  only  incidental  to  the 
vast  possibilities  of  the  Assembly  as  a  center  of  religious  and  in- 
tellectual culture  for  the  South.  Much  is  expected  of  the  Southern 
Assembly  along  these  lines,  but  I  doubt  if  even  the  most  enthusiastic 
imagination  has  yet  compassed  the  part  it  is  destined  to  play,  par- 
ticularly in  the  larger  life  of  our  Church.  It  would  be  hard  to  over- 
estimate the  value  of  the  enterprise  to  the  Church  and  the  South. 
The  Assembly  is  to  be  congratulated  on  the  splendid  vision  that 
is  taking  shape  so  rapidly.    My  best  wishes  are  with  it. 

Nashville,  Tenn.  Robert  B.  Eleazer. 

All  that  Chautauqua  and  similar  places  of  relaxation,  entertain- 
ment, and  instruction  have  been  to  the  North,  Junaluska  with  its 
Southern  Assembly  will  unquestionably  be  to  the  South,  and  possi- 
bly more.  None  can  compare  with  it  in  beauty  of  landscape  and 
sublimity  of  scenery.  All  who  visited  the  grounds  and  attended 
any  of  the  exercises,  conferences,  and  institutes  during  the  first 
season  were  thoroughly  convinced  that  Junaluska,  under  such  man- 
agement as  it  now  has,  will  hold  first  place  among  the  resorts  of 
the  South  and  be  the  peer  of  any  in  the  United  States  that  provide 
intellectual  stimulation  and  religious  inspiration. 

John  M.  Moore, 
Secretary  Home  Department.  Board  of  Missions. 

Nashville,  Tenn. 

It  was  my  pleasure  to  attend  the  Second  General  Missionary  Con- 
ference at  Lake  Junaluska  in  June.  I  was  charmed  with  the  loca- 
tion, the  marvelous  scenery,  and  the  plan  of  the  Southern  Assembly 

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I  KA,  LOOKING  WEST  FROM  ATHLETIC  FIELD. 


Grounds.  There  is  everything  in  nature  to  invite  people  from  all 
sections  of  the  country  to  attend  the  summer  schools  and  confer- 
ences which  it  is  proposed  to  conduct  there.  It  is  also  an  ideal  place 
for  a  summer  heme.  I  believe  it  will  become  a  religious  center 
not  less  great  than  Keswick  and  Northfield. 

Mrs.  R.  W.  MacDonell, 
Secretary  Home  Department,  Board  of  Missions. 

Nashville,  Tenn. 

The  location  for  the  Assembly  Grounds  at  Junaluska  is  ideal. 
With  the  beautiful  scenery,  the  fine  climate,  the  lovely  lake,  the 
charming  people,  and  splendid  exercises,  this  place  should  be  in 
deed  and  in  truth  the  very  mountain  top  of  opportunity  to  the 
Christian  people  who  will  from  time  to  time  gather  there  to  study, 
plan,  and  pray  for  the  extension  of  our  Master's  kingdom.  With 
God's  business  Lake  Junaluska  should  become  the  very  synonym 
of  faith  and  power,  and  should  prove  an  intellectual  and  spiritual 
uplift  to  those  who  are  privileged  to  behold  its  beauty,  enjoy  its 
rich  program,  and  mingle  with  the  cultivated  Christian  people  who 
will  be  attracted  to  the  place  each  year.  May  God  abundantly  bless 
the  place  and  what  it  stands  for,  the  people  who  gather  there,  and 
the  projectors  who  have  made  possible  such  a  lovely  summer  gather- 
ing place  for  the  people  of  Southern  Methodism! 

Mrs.  F.  H.  E.  Ross, 

Nashville,  Tenn.,  November  S.  1913.  Mrs.  J.  B.  Cobb. 

I  spent  ten  delightful  days  last  August  at  Junaluska.  I  came  to 
it  overworked  and  half  sick,  and  found  rest  and  healing  in  its  pure 
air  and  sleep-inducing  nights.  The  beauty  of  its  lake  and  moun- 
tains and  wild  flowers,  with  the  fine  fellowship  of  its  Christian 
workers,  left  a  charm  that  will  lead  me  back  another  year,  if  the 
Lord  wills.  It  is  a  wonderful  place,  and  I  am  not  surprised  that 
Campbell  White  called  it  the  most  wenderful  of  American  religious 
resorts.  No  Christian  worker  who  goes  to  it  or  invests  in  it  will 
have  just  cause  for  regrets,  nor  can  any  man  rightly  estimate  its 
future  growth  and  power  for  good.  Only  a  year  old,  a  marvel  has 
been  wrought  by  its  management -in  its  great  dam  and  lake  with 
five,  miles  of  encircling  boulevard,  its  modern  auditorium  and  public 

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buildings,  its  sanitary  provision  and  water  supply,  its  beautiful  rail- 
road station,  and  its  handsome  private  cottages. 

Nashville,  Tenn.  H.  M.  Hamill. 


"O  world  as  God  has  made  it,  all  is  beauty!"  At  least  one  could 
not  think  otherwise  with  the  panorama  of  Junaluska  spread  out 
before  his  eyes.  The  lake,  the  vast  sweep  of  surrounding  moun- 
tains, the  blue  sky  above,  all  combine  to  give  a  rare  and  satisfying 
sense  of  the  completeness  of  things.  A  place  so  well  situated  for 
the  purposes  which  Junaluska  is  intended  to  meet  could  hardly 
have  been  found  anywhere  else.  It  cannot  fail  to  be,  from  this  time 
on,  the  center  of  pride  for  every  loyal  Southern  Methodist. 

Ada  Trawick, 
Secretary  for  the  Junior  Epicorth  League. 

November  8,  1913. 

The  beauty  of  the  Lake  Junaluska  grounds  impressed  all  visitors. 
Those  who  came  from  the  North,  several  of  whom  had  seen  all  the 
popular  resorts  of  the  country,  declared  that  in  natural  beauty  this 
excelled  any  of  them.  It  is  new  as  yet,  but  undoubtedly  gives 
great  promise.  Its  confessed  natural  advantages  are  reenforced  by 
the  intelligent  energy  of  men  like  Bishop  Atkins,  Dr.  James  Can- 
non, Mr.  John  R.  Pepper,  Dr.  George  Stuart,  and  others.  The  Con- 
ference was  the  first  guest  of  the  Assembly,  and  its  members  came 
away  feeling  that  nothing  that  could  be  done  for  their  comfort  had 
been  spared.  Many  of  them  hope  and  expect  to  return  again  and 
often.  G.  B.  Winton, 

Editorial  Secretary,  Board  of  Missions. 

What  the  Educators  Say. 

I  had  the  pleasure  of  spending  a  few  days  last  summer  at  the 
Southern  Assembly,  Waynesville,  N.  C.  It  seemed  to  me  that  the 
location  on  the  shores  of  Lake  Junaluska  was  an  ideal  one  for 
health  and  beauty.  Nature  had  certainly  done  her  part,  and  the 
management  were  cooperating  wisely  in  adding  to  what  she  had 
done.  The  plans,  moreover,  which  the  management  has  in  mind, 
when  carried  out,  will  make  the  Assembly  the  center  for  a  far- 

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reaching  intellectual  and  religious  influence — a  Christian  summer 
resort  where  pleasure  and  profit  are  combined. 
Spartanburg,  S.  C.  Henry  N.  Snyder. 


The  work  of  the  first  season  at  Lake  Junaluska  betokens  a  great 
future  for  the  Southern  Assembly.  Nature  and  engineering  genius 
have  combined  to  make  Lake  Junaluska  a  place  of  fascinating 
beauty,  and  the  leaders  of  the  Southern  Assembly  guarantee  that 
amid  these  glories  of  nature  the  voice  of  the  great  Father  of  all 
shall  be  heard  speaking  the  most  vital  and  uplifting  messages  to 
the  souls  of  men.  I  foresee  vast  throngs  of  our  Southern  Meth- 
odists year  by  year  availing  themselves  of  the  exceptional  privi- 
leges at  Lake  Junaluska.  My  confident  expectation  is  that  this 
will  prove  the  center  from  which  the  mightiest  influences  of  the 
Divine  Spirit  will  radiate  throughout  our  Methodism  and  so  be- 
come one  of  the  greatest  forces  toward  making  our  beloved  Church 
all  that  our  gracious  Lord  expects  it  to  be.  Junaluska  means  to 
me  higher  hope,  richer  life,  better  service,  deeper  loyalty,  and 
clearer  spiritual  vision  for  our  whole  Church.  O.  E.  Brown. 

Nashville,  Tenn. 

I  greatly  enjoyed  my  short  visit  to  the  Southern  Assembly 
Grounds  last  summer,  and  was  delighted  with  what  I  saw  and 
heard.  No  finer  site  for  a  great  Assembly  could  be  desired,  and 
the  plans  to  develop  and  improve  it  are  worthy  the  opportunity 
and  purpose.  The  beautiful  lake,  the  hills  and  valleys  around,  the 
roads  winding  all  over  the  twelve  hundred  acres,  the  auditorium 
and  other  public  and  private  buildings,  and  all  else  have  already 
made  the  spot  a  scene  of  enchantment,  and  when  carried  for- 
ward will  make  almost  a  fairyland.  I  have  seen  Chautauqua,  N. 
Y.,  and  Ocean  Grove,  N.  J.,  and  some  other  summer  resorts,  and 
I  do  not  hesitate  to  say  that  the  Southern  Assembly  offers  superior 
natural  advantages  and  will  ultimately  vie  with  them  in  any  respect. 
I  congratulate  Dr.  Cannon  and  Bishop  Atkins,  Brothers  Pepper 
and  Stuart,  and  their  helpers  on  the  fine  beginning  made  in  this 
enterprise,  which  promises  so  much  for  culture,  for  health-finding, 
for  pleasure,  and  for  religious  enjoyment  and  profit. 

Lander  College,  Greenwood.  S.  C.  John  O.  "Willson. 

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It  was  my  good  fortune  to  be  present  at  practically  all  of  the 
exercises  held  at  Lake  Junaluska  during  the  past  summer,  and  I 
am  quite  sure  I  never  received  more  light  and  inspiration  in  the 
same  length  of  time  elsewhere  in  my  life.  It  is  difficult — in  fact, 
impossible — for  me  to  give  in  a  few  words  my  estimate  of  the  value 
of  the  work  proposed  to  be  done  by  the  Southern  Assembly.  In  the 
first  place,  in  bringing  together  the  very  flower  of  the  whole  South- 
ern Church,  both  from  the  ministry  and  from  the  lay  workers,  in 
leading  them  into  higher  views  of  truth  and  in  instructing  them 
in  better  ways  and  methods  of  doing  their  work,  in  inspiring 
them  with  new  zeal  and  deeper  courage  for  doing  that  work,  and 
in  sending  them  back  with  this  new  light  and  new  life,  the  Southern 
Assembly  will  be  doing  a  work  whose  importance  cannot  be  over- 
estimated. In  the  second  place,  in  providing  a  place  where  young 
people  of  the  Church  can  gather  during  the  summer  and  find  pure, 
wholesome,  and  profitable  exercise,  entertainment,  and  recreation  for 
all  their  faculties  of  both  body  and  mind,  and  find  these  under  the 
supervision  of  the  leaders  of  our  Church  and  free  from  the  degrad- 
ing influences  of  the  ordinary  summer  resort,  the  Southern  As- 
sembly is  doing  a  work  whose  importance  is  second  only  to  the 
first.  For  the  accomplishment  of  these  great  aims  I  do  not  believe 
a  more  suitable  place  could  have  been  found  in  our  whole  country. 
The  natural  beauty  of  the  place  and  its  surroundings  and  the  in- 
vigorating influence  of  the  climate  simply  cannot  be  fully  appre- 
ciated by  one  who  has  not  been  in  the  midst  of  them. 

Trinity  College,  Durham.  N.  C.  W.  I.  Crawford. 

The  work  proposed  by  the  Southern  Assembly  is  of  inestimable 
value.  Our  Church  greatly  needs  it,  and  we  should  have  begun  it 
two  decades  sooner  than  we  have.  The  instruction,  training,  ana 
inspiration  given  there  should  double  our  efficiency  in  all  lines  of 
Church  work,  and  will  as  soon  as  our  preachers,  Sunday  school  su- 
perintendents, and  others  have  fully  understood  the  marvelous  facili- 
ties afforded  there  for  training  and  better  preparation.  I  regard  it 
as  in  possibility  our  greatest  institution,  and  believe  it  can  really 
be  made  such.  The  location  is  superb.  The  scenery  surpasses  de- 
scription.   I  doubt  whether  its  equal  can  be  found  anywhere  else. 

Littleton  College,  Littleton,  N.  C.  J.  M.  Rhodes. 


I  have  scarcely  ever  been  more  agreeably  surprised  than  when  I 
alighted  from  the  train  at  Junaluska  last  summer.  Although  I  had 
been  familiar  with  the  mountains  of  Western  North  Carolina  for 
several  years,  I  did  not  dream  that  so  striking  a  combination  of 
lake  and  mountain  scenery  could  there  be  realized.  My  first  im- 
pression, followed  by  the  peculiarly  sacred  hour  of  the  eventide 
spent  on  the  central  peak,  was  strengthened  by  a  morning  ride 
around  the  lake.  There  are  many  points  at  which  one  feels  like 
setting  up  his  tabernacles.  Not  since  I  saw  Mount  Skiddaw  from 
the  shining  levels  of  Derwentwater  have  I  been  so  moved  by  natural 
scenery.  The  men  in  charge  of  this  great  enterprise  have  done 
their  work  with  fidelity  and  thoroughness,  and  have  made  their  plans 
for  the  future  with  much  wisdom.  They  have  seen  a  vision,  and 
the  Methodist  Church  will  fail  to  take  advantage  of  a  great  oppor- 
tunity if  she  does  not  make  good  the  vision.  Edwin  Mims. 

November  8,  1913. 

I  was  present  on  two  different  occasions  at  Lake  Junaluska  dur- 
ing the  past  summer.  It  is  the  most  beautiful  situation  for  a  sum- 
mer gathering  that  I  know  of  in  this  country.  The  management 
have  about  completed  arrangements  for  the  comfort  and  pleasure 
of  the  thousands  who  will  hereafter  probably  spend  their  summer 
vacations  there.  No  expense  has  been  spared  and  no  requirement 
overlooked  for  making  Lake  Junaluska  an  ideal  place  of  resort. 
The  work  which  it  is  proposed  to  do  there  is  of  such  a  character  that 
Church  leaders  and  students  of  religious  and  social  problems  will 
find  it  greatly  to  their  advantage  to  be  in  regular  yearly  attendance. 
I  believe  that  the  Assembly  at  this  beautiful  spot  will  speedily  be- 
come one  of  the  most  useful  agencies  in  the  South  for  the  promo- 
tion of  all  the  interests  of  civilization  and  religion. 

C.  M.  Bishop, 

Georgetown,  Tex.  President  Southwestern  University. 

I  take  pleasure  in  testifying  to  the  splendid  impression  made 
upon  me  by  the  work  already  accomplished  and  proposed  to  be  done 
by  the  Southern  Assembly.  The  location  is  beautiful,  and  the  ar- 
tistic skill  shown  by  those  who  have  had  the  work  in  charge  has 

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combined  with  nature  in  a  wonderfully  attractive  way.  Too  much 
cannot  be  said  in  praise  of  the  vision  and  indomitable  perseverance 
of  those  who  have  had  the  work  in  charge. 

Moody  M.  Mooke,  President  Athens  College. 
Athens,  Ala.,  November  6,  1913. 

I  attended  the  Sunday  School  Convention  at  Lake  Junaluska  last 
summer  and  was  most  favorably  impressed  with  the  work  of  the 
Southern  Assembly  there.  The  site  is  an  ideal  one,  the  work  is 
projected  on  broad  lines,  and  I  think  that  the  enterprise  is  in  every 
way  worthy  of  approbation.  Andrew  Sledd, 

Greensboro,  Ala.  President  Southern  University. 

What  the  Laymen  Are  Saying. 

It  was  my  great  joy  to  spend  most  of  the  past  summer  with  my 
family  at  Lake  Junaluska;  and  the  testimony  of  each  member  is 
that  it  was  the  most  delightful  season  we  have  ever  had,  notwith- 
standing we  have  visited  much  of  Europe  at  three  different  times. 
There  are  some  good,  valid  reasons  why  the  foregoing  is  entirely  true. 
(1)  The  elevation  is  such  as  to  make  the  climate  exceedingly  pleas- 
ant and  to  require  blankets  for  comfort  every  night.  (2)  The  scenery 
is  magnificent  and  a  full  match  for  anything  in  Switzerland,  and 
more  beautiful  in  some  particulars.  (3)  The  Conferences  held  there 
last  summer,  being  the  initial  meetings  of  the  Assembly,  set  a  high 
key  of  excellence  and  helpfulness  which  I  am  sure  is  an  augury  of 
that  which  is  to  come.  (4)  The  whole  purpose  and  plans  of  the 
Southern  Assembly  are  such  as  to  minister  to  the  physical,  mental, 
and  moral  elevation  of  all  who  come  within  its  happy  bounds. 
Hence  the  law  of  high  gravitation  brings  to  that  charmed  area  the 
best  people  of  the  South  and  elsewhere,  with  whom  it  is  not  only 
pleasant  but  very  profitable  to  associate.  Long  live-  the  Southern 
Assembly  and  sweet  Lake  Junaluska  with  her  mountain-mirrored 
and  ever-changing  beauty!  J.  R.  Pepper, 

Memphis,  Tenn.         President  Laymen's  Missionary  Movement. 

For  twenty-five  years  I  have  traveled  from  Canada  to  Florida,  and 
have  yet  to  find  a  more  suitable  place  for  the  Southern  Assembly 

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than  Lake  Junaluska.  After  building  a  house  there  and  staying 
with  my  family  in  that  beautiful  spot  for  nearly  five  months,  I  can 
truly  say  I  have  never  regretted  the  investment.  The  wonderful 
work  of  cutting  out  those  fine  broad  roads,  building  that  immense 
dam,  the  large  auditorium,  public  service  building,  concrete  side- 
walks, sewerage,  and  water  in  such  a  short  time,  has  made  it 
a  marvelous  work  in  my  eyes.  God  and  man  have  surely  worked 
together  in  that  place.  A  few  of  its  assets,  to  my  mind,  are  its  re- 
ligious influence,  healthfulness,  scenery,  congenial  company.  Last, 
but  not  least,  its  possibility  for  the  future  cannot  be  measured. 

C.  E.  Weathekby, 
Faison.  n.  c.  Lay  Leader  North  Carolina  Conference. 

I  have  been  an  earnest  and  enthusiastic  advocate  of  a  great  sum- 
mer home  and  Assembly  Grounds  for  Southern  Methodists  since  the 
matter  was  brought  to  my  attention  some  three  years  ago.  I  have 
visited  Junaluska  the  last  three  summers,  and  I  know  of  no  other 
locality  that  combines  in  such  a  high  degree  all  the  desirable  features 
for  summer  homes  and  assembly  grounds.  The  Church  is  losing 
great  numbers  of  her  choice  young  people  through  unwholesome 
summer  associations.  A  summer  vacation  at  Junaluska  should  not 
only  save  them  from  backsliding,  but  it  should  give  them  new  in- 
spiration and  better  training,  so  that  they  would  return  to  their 
homes  and  take  up  Church  work  with  clear  vision  and  fresh  en- 
thusiasm. Grand  mountain  scenery,  delightful  climate,  noble  music, 
great  lectures,  Missionary,  Epworth  League,  and  Sunday  School 
Conventions,  Conferences,  Institutes,  etc.,  offer  almost  infinite  possi- 
bilities of  health,  pleasure,  education,  and  inspiration  to  every  mem- 
ber of  the  family.  The  bringing  together  of  so  many  choice  Chris- 
tian families  under  such  ideal  surroundings  and  for  such  high 
purposes  will  create  a  society  and  an  atmosphere  that  should  help 
one  to  understand  more,  not  only  of  the  possibilities  of  life  on  this 
earth,  but  also  of  what  heaven  must  be.  Let  every  loyal  Southern 
Methodist  rally  to  the  aid  of  this  great  enterprise  of  our  beloved 
Church  and  help  to  hasten  the  day  of  its  full  realization. 

E.  A.  Cole, 

Lay  Leader  Western  North  Carolina  Conference. 

Charlotte,  N.  C. 

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I  have  thought  many  times  since  my  delightful  visit  to  Lake 
Junaluska,  attending  the  great  Missionary  Conference  of  our 
Church,  of  the  wisdom  of  establishing  the  Southern  Assembly 
Grounds.  It  seems  to  me  that  it  fills  a  long-needed  want — a  place 
where  all  the  different  interests  of  our  Church  can  hold  their  meet- 

■  ings,  and  where  they  can  meet  the  master  minds  in  each  branch 
of  Church  work.    Our  Church  has  grown  both  in  strength  and 

I  numbers,  and  is  able  to  accomplish  a  wonderful  work  if  her  ener- 
gies are  properly  and  wisely  directed;  and  I  believe  there  will 
radiate  from  that  great  central  meeting  place,  all  through  South- 
ern Methodism,  higher  ideals,  greater  inspiration,  and  more  intelli- 
gent methods  of  handling  every  branch  of  our  work.  The  location 
is  all  that  could  be  desired,  as  it  is  easily  reached  from  all  sections, 
the  climate  is  delightful,  and  it  seems  to  me  the  very  place  for  a  sum- 
mer home  and  for  rest  and  recreation.  H.  O.  Keens. 
Danville,  Va. 

After  spending  some  days  at  Lake  Junaluska,  going  over  the 
grounds,  viewing  the  splendid  situation,  and  learning  something  of 
the  plans  and  purposes  of  the  management,  I  am  fully  convinced 
that  the  place  is  ideal,  the  enterprise  greatly  needed,  and  that 
our  Church  as  one  man  should  rally  to  its  support.  Let  the  Church 
build  at  the  earliest  possible  day  a  Conference  home  for  each  Con- 
ference, thus  making  Lake  Junaluska  the  rallying  place  for  our 
Church,  where  each  year  we  may  gather  new  strength  for  the  battle. 
I  would  commend  the  enterprise  to  every  man  who  thinks  about 
the  uplift  of  our  children  when  summer  vacations  come. 

Concord,  N.  C.  d-  b-  Coltbane. 

Having  been  present  last  summer  at  the  Missionary  Conference  at 
Lake  Junaluska,  I  was  impressed  not  only  with  this  being  an  ideal 
location  for  a  Christian  summer  resort,  but  that  the  Southern  As- 
sembly is  a  work  of  inestimable  value  to  our  Southern  Church. 

Capron,  Va.  W.  H.  VINCENT. 

I  attended  the  opening  of  the  Southern  Assembly  Grounds  last 
June,  and  was  greatly  interested  in  what  I  heard  and  saw.  The 
location  I  regard  as  a  fine  one  for  a  meeting  place  for  our  Southern 
Methodism  to  discuss  and  form  plans  for  future  work  and  in  rally- 
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ing  our  forces  for  systematic  Christian  work.    If  the  plans  which  I 
understand  the  Board  of  Directors  have  made  are  carried  out,  I 
am  sure  that  splendid  results  will  follow.         John  P.  Pettyjohn. 
Lynchburg,  Va. 

My  visit  to  Lake  Junaluska  last  June  I  esteem  as  a  great  privilege. 
My  imagination  had  pictured  its  many  beauties,  which  were  all  fully 
revealed  when  my  eyes  beheld  the  scene.  When  standing  on  the 
dam,  with  the  magnificent  lake,  magnificent  mountains,  and  wonder- 
ful scenery  all  around,  I  said:  "The  mind  that  conceived  the  idea  of  a 
great  meeting  place  for  the  great  Southern  Methodist  Church  must 
have  been  inspired,  as  the  location  and  the  work  of  beautifying  the 
grounds  are  ideal."  J.  W.  Williams. 

Rocky  Mount,  Va. 

I  hope  that  success  will  attend  the  effort  to  give  not  only  to 
Southern  Methodists,  but  to  others  as  well,  a  "regional"  Chautauqua, 
a  place  for  summer  outings  free  from  the  objections  of  many  of  the 
popular  resorts,  and  especially  a  rendezvous  for  Church  workers 
where  the  advancement  of  the  Master's  kingdom  can  be  planned  and 
furthered.  The  beauty  of  the  place,  which  so  impressed  those  who 
attended  the  gathering  of  the  past  summer,  will  be  enhanced  when 
the  then  unfinished  roads  and  buildings  shall  have  given  place  to  a 
completed  equipment.  The  lovely  natural  scenery  of  the  place 
should  not  only  appeal  to  all  lovers  of  the  beautiful,  but  should 
tend  to  elevate  and  inspire  and  in  this  way  further  the  purposes 
of  the  enterprise.    Success  to  the  movement!  O.  S.  Morton. 

Richmond,  Va. 

What  Preachers  Are  Saying. 

A  gigantic  pair  of  compasses,  with  one  point  set  on  top  of  Mount 
Junaluska,  in  Western  North  Carolina,  and  the  other  at  Baltimore, 
on  the  northeastern  border  of  our  Southern  Methodist  territory, 
would  describe  a  circle  extending  from  the  shore  of  Lake  Erie  to 
the  shore  of  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  It  would  extend  from  the  borders 
of  the  Atlantic  Ocean  to  beyond  St.  Louis,  Mo.  It  would  include, 
in  part  or  in  whole,  sixteen  States  of  the  Union  and  something  like 
1,000,000  to  1,200,000  Southern  Methodists.    To  this  favored  spot 

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came  some  open-eyed  gentlemen  and  planted  a  summer  city,  not 
for  manufactures  and  gain,  not  for  dissipation  and  worldly  pleasure, 
but  for  rest  of  body  and  mind,  and  for  mutual  culture  and  in- 
spiration in  the  things  of  the  soul.    They  refused  to  accept  the 
vaunted,  arrogant,  almost  insolent,  assumption  of  the  world  that 
men  and  women  can  live  and  find  recreation  only  in  the  swirl  of 
mental  excitement  or  in  the  midst  of  the  studied  stimuli  of  physi- 
!  cal  passions.    Ten  days  of  uninterrupted  pleasure,  during  the  open- 
j  ing  programs  of  the  Southern  Assembly  last  summer,  proved  the 
!  justness  of  their  conception  that  men  and  women  can  spend  their 
1  vacation  days  under  surroundings  and  conditions  that  fill  the  days 
i  and  speed  the  moments  by,  leaving  a  sense  of  vigor  and  freshness 
in  mind  and  body  and  no  bad  taste  in  the  mouth.         J.  H.  Light. 
Lynchburg,  Va. 

I  am  very  much  impressed  with  the  possibilities  for  good  in  the 
work  contemplated  by  the  Southern  Assembly.  I  believe  the  whole 
Church  will  feel  the  influence  of  the  work  done  there  from  year  to 
year.  The  beauty  of  the  grounds  and  the  impressiveness  of  the 
scenery  surrounding  them  cannot  be  surpassed.  I  congratulate  the 
Assembly  on  the  success  which  has  attended  the  work. 
Goldsboro,  N.  C.  J-  B.  Underwood. 

The  establishment  of  the  Southern  Assembly  has  been  abundantly 
justified  by  the  splendid  work  done  last  summer.  The  greatest  Mis- 
sionary Conference  ever  held  in  the  South  was  conducted  under  its 
auspices  in  June.  This  Conference  was  immediately  succeeded  by 
a  Conference  on  Evangelism  that  was  fraught  with  the  highest  in- 
terest to  the  whole  Church.  The  Sunday  School  and  Epworth 
League  Institute  which  was  held  in  August  was  characterized 
i  throughout  by  the  sanest  teaching  and  the  most  wholesome  inspira- 
tion. These  meetings  were  only  specimens  of  what  is  to  be  re- 
peated on  a  far  larger  scale  year  after  year.  The  location,  chosen 
for  the  permanent  home  of  this  institution  of  the  Church  is  not 
surpassed  in  natural  beauty  by  any  spot  that  I  have  ever  seen,  and 
it  has  been  my  privilege  to  visit  some  of  the  most  beautiful  spots 
in  Scotland,  England,  Switzerland,  and  Italy.  A  vacation  spent  at 
Lake  Junaluska,  in  the  midst  of  the  intellectual  and  religious  in- 


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fluences  that  are  destined  to  center  there,  will  be  an  inspiration  that 
none  who  can  afford  it  will  be  willing  to  miss  in  the  coming  years. 
Greensboro,  N.  C.  Charles  W.  Byrd. 

It  was  my  great  pleasure  to  be  present  at  the  great  Missionary 
Conference  at  Junaluska  last  June.  The  benefit  of  this  Conference 
to  me  was  both  inspiring  and  abiding.  I  was  at  New  Orleans  in 
1901,  and  have  attended  many  like  gatherings  since  in  different 
parts  of  this  country,  and  I  make  free  to  say  that  there  was  at 
the  Southern  Assembly  the  greatest  congregation  of  great  speakers 
who  delivered  themselves  that  I  ever  heard  in  the  same  length  of 
time.  Such  instructive  meetings,  the  fine,  unsurpassed  climate,  and 
the  sublime  natural  scenery  cannot  but  be  most  profitable  to  all  who 
will  avail  themselves  of  the  superior  advantages  offered.  To  say 
that  I  was  delighted  with  what  had  been  done  and  what  was  being 
done  for  the  convenience  and  comfort  of  all  who  want  an  ideal 
summer  home  is  to  put  it  mildly.  Our  people  need  just  such  a 
place  as  the  Southern  Assembly  Grounds.  I  sincerely  trust  it  will 
grow  more  and  more  popular  and  thus  become  more  and  more  a 
blessing  to  our  whole  Church.  Free  from  all  unwholesome  environ- 
ments, moral  and  physical,  I  trust  it  will  be  a  great  benediction 
throughout  our  Southland.    God  bless  this  great  cause! 

Salisbury,  N.  C.  W.  R.  Ware. 

I  doubt  whether  our  people  generally  are  awake  to  the  importance 
of  this  Assembly  undertaking.  My  own  deliberate  opinion  is  that  in 
educational  and  inspirational  benefits  it  will  mean  at  least  as  much 
to  our  Southern  Methodism  as  the  establishment  of  a  university. 
What  Winona  Lake  is  to  that  section  the  Southern  Assembly  can 
be  to  this.  Nay,  more;  we  have  advantages  that  even  beautiful 
Winona  cannot  boast.  Nature  has  left  nothing  undone.  Eagle's 
Nest,  Junaluska,  Plott's  Balsam  mirror  themselves  in  a  lake  whose 
varied  shore  line  is  several  miles  in  length.  The  purest  of  moun- 
tain air  and  water,  and  clean,  wholesome  food  leave  nothing  to  be 
desired  for  physical  well-being.  But  in  the  larger  matter  of  re- 
ligious and  intellectual  stimulus  this  Assembly  should  be  second  to 
none.  We  have  the  purest  and  most  fervent  type  of  evangelism  in 
the  world.  Our  scholarship  is  largely  untainted  by  radicalism. 
The  very  best  that  any  part  of  the  world  can  afford  will  be  glad 

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for  a  hearing  in  our  forum.  The  gathering  of  thousands  of  Meth- 
odist preachers  from  every  section  of  our  Church  each  summer  to 
pray  and  study  together  will  mean  more  to  the  cause  of  Christ 
than  any  man  is  prepared  to  believe  beforehand.  Great  movements 
can  here  be  launched  and  our  whole  denomination  can  express 
itself.  J.  A.  Baylor. 

Bristol,  Tenn. 

I  cannot  imagine  how  the  location  of  the  Southern  Assembly 
Grounds  could  be  improved.  The  scenery  is  matchless.  It  has  to  be 
seen  to  be  appreciated;  and  the  more  one  sees,  the  greater  the  ap- 
preciation and  admiration.  The  work  accomplished  in  preparing 
these  grounds,  on  so  grand  a  scale  and  in  such  a  short  time,  is 
marvelous.  Everything  done  shows  the  work  of  a  master  mind.  I 
cannot  but  envy  the  younger  and  middle-aged  preachers  and  laymen 
the  opportunity  here  given  for  "recreation,  enjoyment,  and  the  im- 
provement of  the  soul  and  mind  and  body"  which  Lake  Junaluska 
will  offer  our  beloved  Church  through  all  the  years  to  come.  I 
shall  embrace  these  opportunities  as  long  as  I  am  able  to  visit 
these  matchless  grounds,  and  shall  urge  upon  my  children  the  privi- 
lege and  duty  of  visiting  annually  this  great  social  and  religious 
camping  ground  of  Southern  Methodism.  God  has  signally  set 
his  seal  and  blessing  upon  this  place  and  its  work.       J.  C.  Reed. 

Blackstone,  Va. 

What  Some  Visitors  Say. 

I  heartily  congratulate  the  leaders  upon  the  great  success  which 
has  already  been  achieved  by  the  Southern  Assembly.  Its  inception 
and  development  were  prophetic  inspirations.  It  is  destined  to  be 
the  greatest  force  in  all  the  South  making  for  intellectual  and 
moral  uplift.  Its  location  is  admirable  and  altogether  charming. 
Success  to  Junaluska!  C.  L.  Goodell. 

New  York  City. 

It  is  a  privilege  to  be  given  an  opportunity  to  tell  the  truth  about 
the  Southern  Assembly  at  Lake  Junaluska.  The  lake  and  its  sur- 
roundings cannot  be  excelled  by  any  Chautauqua  in  America.  The 
Assembly,  if  the  program  and  enthusiasm  of  the  last  summer  con- 


tinue  on  the  same  level,  must  take  rank  with  the  best  to  be  found 
anywhere.  Not  only  will  the  entire  South  be  blessed  by  this  enter- 
prise, but  it  will  bring  visitors  from  all  States  and  will  uplift  de- 
nominational ideals  and  produce  far-reaching  and  dynamic  religious 
results.  Camden  M.  Cobern. 

Alleghany  College,  Meadville,  Pa. 

The  Southern  Methodist  Assembly  Grounds  at  Waynesville,  N.  C, 
promise  when  completed  to  be  the  finest  of  the  kind  in  America,  if 
not  the  best  in  the  world.  J.  Campbell  White. 

New  York  Citt. 

I  consider  the  Southern  Assembly  Grounds  at  Lake  Junaluska 
the  most  beautiful  I  have  ever  seen  for  a  summer  encampment  and 
Chautauqua.  I  believe  the  movement  to  establish  this  gathering 
place  for  the  Methodist  hosts  and  their  friends  to  be  providentially 
suggested  and  enterprised,  and  it  is  my  conviction  that  an  untold 
amount  of  good  will  come  to  the  Church  and  to  those  who  make 
this  Christian  resort  their  summer  headquarters.  Rare  privileges 
of  many  kinds  are  in  store  for  those  who  are  wise  and  fortunate 
enough  to  spend  their  vacations  there.  R.  H.  Bennett. 

Lynchburg,  Va. 

It  affords  me  pleasure  to  give  my  unqualified  approval  of  the 
great  work  at  Lake  Junaluska  in  its  conception,  plans,  and  execu- 
tion so  far.  It  reflects  great  credit  on  all  those  who  have  con- 
tributed thereto,  and  in  my  humble  judgment  will  be  a  great  bless- 
ing to  all  who  will  in  any  wise  avail  themselves  of  the  opportunities 
offered  by  this  great  institution.  P.  H.  Enoclts. 

Fernwood,  Miss. 

I  believe  the  greatest  need  of  our  Churches  is  for  more  thoroughly 
trained  workers,  and  the  supreme  need  of  our  individual  Christians 
is  a  chance  to  think  through  quietly  and  thoroughly  the  funda- 
mental facts  of  Christian  experience.  The  rush  of  modern  life 
makes  these  two  needs  all  the  more  imperative.  Junaluska  and 
other  places  like  it  are  set  aside  to  meet  just  these  needs.  The 
opportunity  there  both  for  thorough  study  and  thoughtful  medita- 
tion must  commend  itself  to  every  Christian  statesman  who  knows 

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the  need  of  the  Church  and  of  the  individual  Christian.  You  have  my 
full  sympathy,  interest,  and  prayers.  W.  D.  Weatherfobd. 

Nashville,  Tenn. 

I  had  the  pleasure  of  spending  several  days  at  Lake  Junaluska 
last  summer,  and  must  say  that  I  was  greatly  impressed  with  the 
possibilities  of  the  location  for  developing  one  of  the  most  attractive 
summer  Assembly  Grounds  in  America.  It  is  already  evident  that 
to  complete  the  plans  on  the  scale  laid  out  will  require  some  years 
as  well  as  a  vast  outlay  of  money;  but  I  think  the  great  end  sought 
in  furnishing  a  gathering  place  for  a  great  Church  will  fully  justify 
the  expenditure.  H.  M.  Blair. 

Greensboro,  N.  C,  November  6,  1913. 

I  returned  from  my  visit  to  Lake  Junaluska  greatly  inspired  with 
the  possibilities  which  are  before  the  Southern  Assembly.  Not  only 
have  you  pitched  upcn  what  I  believe  to  be  the  fairest  and  most 
attractive  site  in  the  whole  South,  but  you  have  also  planned,  in  a 
physical  and  educational  way,  a  scheme  so  comprehensive  and  self- 
approved  that  it  must  get  universal  commendation  in  the  Church 
and  from  outside.  The  health  and  rest  inducements  at  your  resort 
are  beyond  compare,  while  the  attractiveness  of  the  mountain  land- 
scape and  the  abounding  opportunities  for  recreation  and  intellectual 
and  spiritual  improvement  are  apparent  to  the  fullest. 

Atlanta,  Ga.  H.  M.  Du  Bose. 

The  Assembly  Grounds  are  located  in  a  beautiful  valley  sur- 
rounded by  mountains  over  five  thousand  feet  above  sea  level.  It 
is  a  beautiful  place,  an  ideal  location  for  the  summer  Conferences 
that  are  to  be  held  every  summer,  on  the  different  branches  of  our 
Church  work,  combining  health,  recreation,  rest,  education,  and  in- 
spiration. Each  year  Epworth  Leaguers  from  all  over  the  Southland 
will  gather  here  and  meet  with  the  leaders  in  this  work.  Ten  Con- 
ferences were  represented  this  year,  and  I  suppose  that  next  year 
the  attendance  will  be  much  larger  than  this  year.  The  first  year 
was  a  decided  success,  and  the  Southern  Assembly  promises  to  be- 
come the  summer  meeting  place  for  the  Methodists  of  the  South. 

Columbia,  S.  C.  James  E.  Ellis. 


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Such  a  wonderful  combination  of  mountain  and  sky  and  water 
my  eyes  had  never  seen  before — the  ideal  place  for  our  Church 
people  to  build  their  summer  homes  and  give  their  children  every 
advantage  of  scenery,  climate,  society,  instruction  has  been  found. 

Farmville,  Va.  E.  T.  Dadmun. 

What  Editors  Say. 

After  a  careful  study  of  the  aims  and  operations  of  the  Southern 
Assembly,  I  am  prepared  to  say  that  it  is  a  valuable  asset  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South,  and  that  the  value  of  this  asset 
will  increase  during  the  years.  The  location  is  all  that  the  Assem- 
bly demands.  In  fact,  no  .other  Chautauqua  is  so  blessed  in  a  loca- 
tion. Much  of  the  history  of  Southern  Methodism  has  already  be- 
gun to  cluster  around  Lake  Junaluska,  and  the  future  glows  with 
promise.  T.  N.  Ivey, 

Nashville,  Tenn.  Editor  Christian  Advocate. 

How  to  save  the  summer  outing  season  from  being  a  period  of 
demoralization  is  a  question  that  the  Church  is  compelled  to  face. 
The  average  summer  resort  is  not  a  healthful  place  morally.  The 
blight  of  worldliness  is  upon  most  of  them.  The  ballroom  and  the 
card  table  are  prominent  features.  It  is  useless  to  tell  our  people 
not  to  go.  Social  custom  says,  Go.  The  family  physician  often- 
times says,  Go.  The  desire  to  get  away  from  the  daily  grind  and 
the  lust  for  pleasure  says,  Go.  The  Church  cannot  keep  people  at 
home,  but  if  she  is  wise  she  will  provide  a  place  of  wholesome 
recreation  to  which  they  can  go  and  spend  this  summer  season — a 
place  where  rest  and  pleasure  can  be  combined  with  religious  and 
stimulating  information.  Such  a  place  is  Lake  Junaluska,  the  South- 
ern Methodist  Assembly  Grounds,  in  the  mountains  of  Western  North 
Carolina.  The  climate  is  delightful  and  the  scenery  is  unsurpassed. 
It  has  already  become  a  center  of  religious  Conference  and  Chau- 
tauquas,  and  it  is  destined  to  become  one  of  the  greatest  religious 
gathering  places  of  the  South.  L.  S.  Massey, 

Raleigh,  n.  c.  Editor  Raleigh  Christian  Advocate. 

I  have  very  delightful  memories  of  my  visit  to  and  stay  at  the 
Laymen's  Conference  at  Lake  Junaluska  last  June.    The  hills  and 

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mountains  surrounding,  mirrored  in  your  charming  lake,  are  as 
beautiful  as  those  of  Switzerland.  That  gathering,  of  course,  was  a 
little  premature  with  the  grounds  in  such  an  unfinished  condition; 
nevertheless  it  was  a  great  success.  When  the  gradings  are  all  com- 
pleted and  the  electric  lines  and  automobile  roads  all  finished,  con- 
necting the  new  hotels  and  villas  directly  with  Waynesville  and 
Lake  Junaluska,  it  will  be  one  of  the  most  attractive  places  In  all 
our  Southland.  It  will  be  a  great  blessing  not  only  to  the  Church, 
to  missionary  and  educational  work  of  the  South,  but  to  all  the  world. 

W.  B.  Palmoee, 

St.  Louis,  Mo.  Editor  St.  Louis  Christian  Advocate. 

With  all  that  has  been  published  about  Lake  Junaluska  and  the 
Assembly  Grounds,  one  has  to  visit  the  place  and  go  over  the 
grounds  to  have  any  just  conception  of  the  mammoth  proportions 
of  this  undertaking.  In  the  first  place,  the  Great  Architect  of 
Nature  has  prepared  here  just  the  conditions  essential  for  develop- 
ing a  resort  of  vast  proportions  amid  scenes  combining  all  the  ele- 
ments of  beauty  and  sublimity.  Any  one  visiting  the  place  will  say 
that  the  railway  station,  lake,  and  every  point  of  elevation  are  so  re- 
lated to  each  other  on  the  more  than  1,200  acres  as  to  leave  noth- 
ing to  be  desired  other  than  the  completion  of  the  vast  plans  of 
development  now  under  way.  We  rely  not  alone  upon  our  own 
judgment,  but  upon  that  of  intelligent  ministers  and  laymen  from 
all  sections  of  the  Church,  when  we  say  that  no  such  opportunity 
has  ever  before  been  set  before  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South.  The  object  of  the  Southern  Methodist  Assembly  at  Lake 
Junaluska  is  to  eliminate  the  hurtful  influences  so  rife  in  the  or- 
dinary recreative  life  and  substitute  for  them  other  things  no  less 
fascinating,  yet  calculated  to  make  robust  rather  than  to  enervate 
Christian  manhood  and  womanhood.  Those  of  us  who  attended  the 
past  week  and  saw  the  magnificent  beginning  on  this  matchless  site 
which  God  seems  to  have  designed  ready  to  hand,  and  sat  under 
the  spell  of  the  great  teachers  who  had  been  brought  from  all  parts 
of  the  world,  and  mingled  in  social  fellowship  with  the  thousands 
of  choice  spirits  in  that  company,  cannot  but  feel  that  this  is  the 
beginning  of  the  end  of  that  social  havoc  which  has  been  robbing  us 
of  our  young  men  and  women.  Surely  none  can  be  lost  under  such 
influences  as  these.   Another  year  will  doubtless  see  this  great  resort 

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in  such  a  state  of  completion  as  that  all  the  company  may  be  cared 
for  on  the  grounds,  and  no  one  need  fear  that  all  influences  dominant 
there  will  be  for  good  and  not  for  evil. — North  Carolina  Advocate. 

The  grounds  are  simply  magnificent.  Nature  has  made  them  so. 
The  lake,  held  back  by  a  great  concrete  dam,  is  large,  beautiful, 
and  sufficient  for  all  purposes;  and  the  grounds,  when  completed, 
will  be  all  that  the  most  critical  could  ask. — Midland  Methodist. 

The  Assembly  Grounds  nestle  among  the  hills  in  a  beautiful 
valley.  A  massive  dam  at  least  twenty-five  feet  above  the  surface, 
and  built  of  concrete,  backs  up  a  bold  stream,  forming  a  beautiful 
lake  of  water  considerably  more  than  a  mile  long  and  about  a 
fourth  of  a  mile  wide.  Nature  has  been  partial  to  this  spot,  and 
with  the  great  improvements  now  making  it  will  in  a  few  years  be 
one  of  the  most  charming  places  to  be  found  anywhere. — Southern 
Christian  Advocate. 

That  is  a  great  project  that  our  Church  has  on  foot,  and  it  cannot 
be  brought  to  completion  in  one  year  or  in  five  years,  for  that  mat- 
ter. But  a  good  beginning  has  been  made,  and  those  who  attended 
this  first  session  caught  a  glimpse  of  the  vast  possibilities  that  are 
before  us  in  these  mountains.  When  the  great  hotel  whose  founda- 
tions have  been  laid  right  near  the  auditorium  has  been  completed, 
as  it  will  be  before  another  season,  when  various  Annual  Confer- 
ences shall  have  built  for  themselves  homes  here  where  a  large 
number  of  their  members  can  come  and  find  comfortable  lodging 
(and  seme  of  them  have  already  made  selections  cf  location),  and 
when  hundreds,  if  not  thousands,  of  our  well-to-do  Methodist  fami- 
lies have  built  for  themselves  summer  homes  here  (and  some  of 
these  are  already  built) — when  these  things  shall  have  been  done, 
and  we  do  not  think  it  will  be  many  years,  we  will  have  here 
one  of  the  very  greatest  religious  assembly  grounds  in  the  United 
States. — Raleigh  Advocate. 

They  halted  a  North  Carolina  mountain  stream  in  its  flow  through 
an  upland  valley,  and  in  three  weeks  the  valley  bore  on  its  breast 
as  charming  a  lake  as  any  that  reflect  the  skies  of  the  Adirondacks 
or  the  Alps.  It  laved  the  feet  of  mountains  which  saw  in  its  mirror 
for  the  first  time  how  beautiful  they  were.  Then  the  makers  threw 
a  looped  girdle  of  winding  roads  about  the  lake,  and  set  a  great 

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auditorium  by  the  waterside,  and  built  restful  cottages,  and  at  the 
far  edge  of  things  the  railway  established  a  station  of  more  than 
ordinary  convenience  and  beauty.  This  was  the  beginning  of  Lake 
Junaluska.  The  lake  is  a  vision  of  courage  and  faith.  Somebody 
saw  the  valley  and,  shutting  his  eyes,  opened  them  on  this  lovely  lake. 
Somebody  measured  the.^. sheer  bulk  of  the  task  and  felt  in  the 
Church  a  strength  that  could  do  it,  with  something  to  spare.  Some- 
body counted  the  cost  of  it,  and  believed  that  there  was  enough 
willing  Methodist  money  in  Dixie  to  pay  all  the  bills.  And  now 
Junaluska  is  here;  not  finished,  but  so  superb  that  a  whole  de- 
nomination is  being  captivated  by  it,  and  will  see  to  its  completion. 
It  will  provide  for  the  Methodists  of  the  South  a  summer  retreat 
high  in  the  mountains,  where  the  stifling  airs  of  the  lowlands  can- 
not come.  It  will  give  the  Church  a  rallying  center  for  its  great 
gatherings  where  all  distractions  can  be  kept  out,  and  where  the 
summer  holidays  can  be  capitalized  for  physical  and  spiritual  profit. 
— Epworth  Herald  (Chicago) ,  M.  E.  Church. 

A  more  beautiful  spot  for  the  holding  of  a  great  assembly  could 
hardly  be  found  in  the  great  sapphire  country  of  North  Carolina 
than  at  Lake  Junaluska,  near  Waynesville.  The  mountains  stand 
round  about  like  the  mountains  round  about  Jerusalem,  and  Mt. 
Junaluska,  the  noblest  among  them  all,  rises  more  than  five  thou- 
sand feet  above  the  sea,  while  the  clear,  ccol  water  of  the  lake  reflects 
the  lights  and  shadows  of  sun  and  clouds.  .  .  .  The  work  ac- 
complished by  the  directors  of  the  Assembly  has  been  enormous. 
Miles  of  roadway  have  been  constructed,  a  tabernacle  erected  with 
a  seating  capacity  of  forty-five  hundred,  while  several  other  build- 
ings are  in  the  course  of  erection.  The  purpose  of  the  great  en- 
terprise is  not  commercial.  There  is  no  design  to  exploit  the  devo- 
tion and  loyalty  of  our  people.  The  purpose  is  cultural,  inspira- 
tional, religious.  The  men  who  have  established  the  enterprise  are 
Southern  Methodists  of  the  straightest  sort. — Baltimore  and  Rich- 
mond Christian  Advocate. 

A  more  favorable  spot  for  such  a  gathering  could  hardly  be 
found.  The  mountain  scenery  is  all  that  the  eye  of  man  could 
desire — range  piled  on  top  of  range  and  peaks  piercing  the  sky, 
with  valleys  and  streams,  the  sight  of  which  fills  one  with  delight. 
The  climate,  invigorating  and  bracing  as  it  is,  makes  one  want  to 

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live  forever.  Dr.  James  Cannon  and  the  gentlemen  connected  with 
him  in  the  development  of  this  place  for  the  gathering  of  the  hosts 
of  Southern  Methodism  deserve  and  will  receive  the  thanks  of  pos- 
terity for  their  work,  and  particularly  for  their  great  care  to  let  na- 
ture alone  as  far  as  possible  commensurate  with  the  comforts  de- 
manded by  man.  They  have,  we  understand,  spent  already  $300,000  on 
the  place  and  will  not  stop  for  a  breathing  spell  until  they  have  done 
another  $200,000  worth  of  work.  Miles  and  miles  of  elegant  drive- 
ways have  been  constructed  and  the  grounds  well  marked  off.  The 
lake  is  a  thing  of  beauty.  The  large  auditorium  is  built  of  steel 
frame  and  is  almost  a  perfect  circle  in  structure.  It  has  a  seating 
capacity  of  forty-five  hundred,  and  the  acoustics  are  good.  Within 
a  year  Lake  Junaluska  and  its  Assembly  will  be  the  pride  of  South- 
ern Methodism  and  the  Mecca  of  all  its  members,  both  old  and 
young,  seeking  a  summer  resort  where  they  will  find  both  pleasure 
and  profit. — Wesleyan  Christian  Advocate. 

The  wonderful  character  and  results  of  this  great  Conference 
sealed  two  things  upcn  the  mind  of  the  Church:  First,  that  the  Mis- 
sion Board  was  led  of  God  in  planning  for  this  Missionary  Confer- 
ence; and,  second,  that  the  far-seeing  men  who  selected  the  location 
and  projected  the  Southern  Assembly  have  done  a  wise  thing. 
Thousands  of  people  went  away  predicting  large  things  for  our 
great  Church  to  be  done  through  the  agency  of  this  Assembly.  It 
seems  to  be  indeed  a  providential  movement.  Instead  of  appearing 
to  be  the  selfish  scheme  of  a  few  men  to  realize  profit  on  a  wise 
business  investment,  it  has  every  appearance  of  a  movement  brought 
about  by  men  of  vision  who  want  to  do  something  worth  while  for 
their  beloved  Church  and  for  the  kingdom  of  God  in  the  world. 
There  was  no  smell  of  "simony"  nor  appearance  of  love  of  gain  to  be 
seen,  but  the  atmosphere  was  laden  with  the  spirit  of  prayer,  and 
the  impression  was  made  that  those  behind  this  gigantic  undertak- 
ing must  be  fired  by  the  inspiration  of  a  great  and  noble  purpose. 
The  whole  movement  impresses  one  as  being  in  the  hands  of  men 
who  are  sure  they  are  right  and  are  willing  to  stand  with  their 
shoulders  under  the  burden,  until  the  whole  Church  can  be  brought 
to  their  point  of  view  and  can  be  induced  to  share  the  good  and  the 
fegponsibility  with  them. — E.  G.  B.  Mann,  in  Central  Methodist-Ad- 
vocate. 


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It  was  a  happy  conception  indeed  to  have  selected  as  the  per- 
manent Assembly  Grounds  of  the  Southern  Methodists  this  point. 
It  is  an  ideal  spot,  one  where  nature  left  but  little  for  man  to  do. 
But  the  finishing  touches  now  being  put  on  by  man  will,  when 
the  work  is  done,  make  it  the  most  beautiful  spot  in  the  whole 
Southland.  The  water  for  Lake  Junaluska,  which  comes  from  a 
mountain  creek,  was  not  turned  into  the  basin  until  about  the 
opening  of  the  Assembly  and  had  not  yet  covered  the  whole  252 
acres.  Enough  of  the  basin,  however,  was  filled  to  reflect  the  moun- 
tain peaks,  the  assembly  hall,  and  other  land  objects  on  its  placid 
bosom.  A  mirror  of  beauty  hardly  describes  it.  Dr.  Palmore  says 
that  nothing  in  Switzerland  compares  with  it.  As  a  globe-trotter  the 
editor  of  the  St.  Louis  Advocate  has  a  record  of  seven  trips  around 
the  world,  and  when  he  becomes  enraptured  over  a  scene  in  North 
Carolina  it  must  meet  the  wildest  imaginings  of  the  writer. — Texas 
Christian  Advocate. 

3,  The  inspiration  that  seems  destined  to  go  out  from  this  meeting 
is  beyond  calculation.  It  seems  clearly  demonstrated  that  the  re- 
latively small  expense  of  holding  it  is  many  times  justified.  Bishop 
Atkins,  Dr.  George  Stuart,  Dr.  Cannon,  Mr.  John  R.  Pepper,  and 
others  who  enterprised  the  Assembly  at  Lake  Junaluska  showed 
every  possible  courtesy  and  afforded  all  possible  aid  to  the  Confer- 
ence. The  surroundings  of  those  grounds  are  magnificent.  They 
seem  destined  to  have  there  one  of  the  notable  meeting  places  of 
America.  It  will  be  a  place  to  come  into  contact  with  all  that  is 
highest  and  best  in  our  civilization. — Western  Methodist. 

"Lake  Junaluska!"  The  call  was  a  new  one  on  the  Murphy 
branch  of  the  Southern.  It  quickened  my  nerves.  I  speedily  used 
my  eyes.  The  first  thing  I  saw  was  the  lake  at  my  feet.  I  followed 
it  with  my  eyes  to  where  it  was  lost  around  the  shoulder  of  the  dis- 
tant wooded  hills.  Far  across  the  blue  rippling  waters  I  saw  the 
handsome  cottages,  some  sitting  proudly  on  breeze-swept  heights, 
others  nestling  down  among  the  shady  coves.  The  auditorium  was 
hidden  by  the  projecting  bluff  on  which  the  large  modern  hotel  will 
be  erected.  The  mammoth  foundations  have  already  been  con- 
structed. It  was  simply  impossible  for  any  one  to  fail  to  see  that 
in  the  Southern  Assembly  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  South, 
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has  a  Chautauqua  which  will  eventually  eclipse  anything  else  of 
the  kind  on  the  continent. — Editorial  in  Nashville  Christian  Advo- 
cate. '■  , 

The  Southern  Assembly  is  a  success.  It  has  the  location  of  loca- 
tions. The  mountains  are  there— eighty  peaks,  over  five  thousand 
feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea,  within  a  radius  of  fifty  miles  of  the 
Assembly  Grounds.  The  blue  skies  are  mirrored  in  Lake  Junaluska. 
The  six-mile  drive  over  the  lakeshore  road  is  a  kaleidoscopic  ex- 
perience.   Every  acre  of  the  panorama  spread  out  before  our  win- 


dow as  we  write  has  in  it  stretches  of  eternity.  Such  a  landscape 
was  made  for  the  palette  of  a  Moran,  not  for  the  writing  pad  of  an 
editor.  The  hospitality  and  the  high  fellowship  bind  us  to  this 
hallowed  spot  with  hoops  of  steel.  We  must  go,  but  we  shall  re- 
turn. It  is  not  a  far  look  into  the  future  to  see  a  Model  Sunday 
School  Building  overlooking  Lake  Junaluska.  Unto  this  house  the 
Sunday  school  tribes  from  every  part  of  our  Church  will  gather 
year  by  year,  and  there  the  Lord  will  command  the  blessing  of  life. 
— The  Adult  Student. 


STOCK  SUBSCRIPTION  BLANK. 


Fill  in,  sign,  cut  out,  and  send  to  the  Southern  Assembly,  Waynes- 
ville,  N.  C. 


.191. 


For  Value  Received  I  promise  to  pay  to  the  Southern  Assembly, 
Incorporated,  Waynesville,  N.  C,   fi 


 •  Dollars 

for  shares  of  stock  at  par  value  of  One  Hundred  Dollars 

per  share.  Payments  to  be  made  as  follows:  Ten  per  cent  to  be  paid 
within  30  days  after  date,  the  balance  to  be  paid  in  such  sums  as  may 
be  called  for  by  the  Board  of  Commissioners  of  the  Southern  Assem- 
bly within  thirty  days  after  the  call  is  made,  provided  not  more  than 
ten  per  cent  of  said  amount  shall  be  called  within  any  period  of  sixty 
days.  This  stock  may  at  any  time  after  it  is  fully  paid  up  be  ex- 
changed for  lots  on  the  Assembly  Grounds  at  one-half  of  the  regular 
market  price  at  the  time  the  exchange  is  made,  provided  the  terms  of 
sale  shall  be  the  same  in  every  other  respect  as  the  terms  upon  which 
lots  are  sold  to  nonstockholders. 


Payable  at 


(SEAL.) 


It  will  be  noted  that  the  stock  is  payable  at  the  rate  of  ten  per 
cent  every  sixty  days,  and,  furthermore,  that  the  stock,  when  fully 
paid  up,  can  be  exchanged  for  lots  upon  the  Assembly  Grounds  at 
one-half  the  regular  market  price.  This  gives  to  the  stockholder 
a  very  decided  but  a  very  proper  advantage,  but  is  not  in  any 
sense  unfair,  as  the  purchase  of  stock  is  open  to  all  until  it  is  all 
sold. 

In  order  that  the  interests  of  the  Church  may  be  fully  protected, 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Laymen's  Missionary  Movement, 
by  its  contract  with  the  Southern  Assembly,  can  purchase  the  prop- 
erty of  the  Assembly  and  can  control  the  character  of  the  program 
of  work  given  on  the  grounds.  It  is  furthermore  provided  that  the 
stockholders  are  to  be  paid  a  dividend  of  seven  per  cent  per  annum 
when  such  dividend  shall  have  been  earned,  but  all  over  seven  per 
cent  per  annum  must  be  expended  on  the  development  of  the  prop- 
erty of  the  Assembly  and  for  carrying  out  the  purposes  of  its 
founding  as  a  great  agency  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
South. 


THE  SOUTHERN  ASSEMBLY,  WAYNESVILLE,  N.  C. 


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